Foresters celebrate Senior Day by blanking IUSE

HUNTINGTON, Ind. - For the seventh time this year, the #22 Huntington men's tennis blanked their opponent with IU Southeast their latest victim on Saturday at Klopfenstein Courts.

In addition to enjoying their 16th win of the season, the Foresters also celebrated their seniors. Coach Poncio's seniors include Ethan Hyde, Diego Tapia, Angel Vazquez, Agustin Agosto and Mateo Ameller. Alejo Bagnera and Illia Turaba were also honored as graduate students playing the last home match of their HU career.

Huntington's record stands at 16-6. Poncio and crew now lie in wait until May 4 to see if they receive an at-large bid to the 71st annual NAIA Men's Tennis National Championships in Mobile (Ala.) slated for May 16-20.  

DOUBLES RECAP
1. Angel Vazquez Rojas/Agustin Agosto (HU) def. Eli Franks/Noah Neuhauser (IUSE) 6-4
2. Mateo Ameller/Diego Tapia (HU) def. Camden Jones/Aiden De Witt (IUSE) 6-0
3. Illia Turaba/Ethan Hyde (HU) def. Eric Whitehouse/Nolan Patterson (IUSE) 6-3

SINGLES RECAP
1. Alejo Bagnera (HU) def. Franks (IUSE) 6-4, 6-1
2. Agosto (HU) def. De Witt (IUSE) 6-2, 6-1
3. Ameller (HU) def. Neuhauser (IUSE) 6-0, 6-0
4. Vazquez (HU) def. Jones (IUSE) 6-1, 6-0
5. Turaba (HU) def. Whitehouse (IUSE) 6-2, 6-1
6. Tapia (HU) def. Patterson (IUSE) 6-0, 6-0

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 17 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 125 NAIA All-America honors and 449 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest.