Men's Tennis Sweeps Michigan State, Alcorn State in Tripleheader

Friday, March 9

New Orleans

11 AM

Tulane University

Michigan State

Photo by: Parker Waters

Men's Tennis Sweeps Michigan State, Alcorn State in Tripleheader

Mar 9, 2018 | Men's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane men's tennis team broke a two-match skid with a perfect sweep of all three matches in a home tripleheader, including a 7-0 win over Michigan State, followed by 7-0 and 6-0 shutout against Alcorn State on Friday at the City Park Pepsi Tennis Center.

Tulane (9-5) posted a perfect 5-0 doubles record and 20-0 singles mark without dropping a single set in any of the three contests.

MATCH 1: #34 Tulane 7, Michigan State 0

The Green Wave got the day started with a quick doubles point victory against the Spartans, including a 6-0 shutout by Tyler Schick and Luis Erlenbusch from No. 3 position in the lineup, followed by a 6-2 win by Constantin Schmitz and Ewan Moore at the No. 1 spot to give the Wave an early 1-0 lead.

In singles, Tulane topped Michigan State in straight sets on all six courts to clinch the unblemished shutout.

Singles competition
1. #15 Constantin Schmitz (TLN) def. Brett Forman (MSU) 6-3, 6-0
2. #77 Ewan Moore (TLN) def. Michael Dube (MSU) 6-0, 6-2
3. Hamish Stewart (TLN) def. Josh Mukherjee (MSU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Tyler Schick (TLN) def. Davis Wong (MSU) 6-1, 7-5
5. Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) def. Jasper Koenen (MSU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Tim Ruetzel (TLN) def. Jack Winkler (MSU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Constantin Schmitz/Ewan Moore (TLN) def. Brett Forman/Jasper Koenen (MSU) 6-2
2. Hamish Stewart/Tim Ruetzel (TLN) vs. Josh Mukherjee/Michael Dube (MSU) 5-2, unfinished
3. #80 Tyler Schick/Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) def. Billy Shisler/Jack Winkler (MSU) 6-0

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (2,5,1,3,6,4)

MATCH 2: #34 Tulane 7, Alcorn 0

Singles competition
1. #15 Constantin Schmitz (TLN) def. Kert Kilumets (ALCNM) 6-1, 6-1
2. #77 Ewan Moore (TLN) def. Stojan Stojanovski (ALCNM) 6-1, 6-2
3. Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) def. Johnatan Parat (ALCNM) 6-0, 6-4
4. Tyler Schick (TLN) def. Suyash Gupta (ALCNM) 6-0, 6-0
5. Tim Ruetzel (TLN) def. Ivan Matas (ALCNM) 6-1, 6-0
6. Eric Wagner (TLN) def. Nuno Rocha (ALCNM) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Constantin Schmitz/Ewan Moore (TLN) def. Suyash Gupta/Johnatan Parat (ALCNM) 6-1
2. Tim Ruetzel/Hamish Stewart (TLN) def. Kert Kilumets/Stojan Stojanovski (ALCNM) 6-2
3. #80 Tyler Schick/Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) def. Ivan Matas/Nuno Rocha (ALCNM) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,1,4,2,3,6)

MATCH 3: #34 Tulane 6, Alcorn 0

Singles competition
1. #15 Constantin Schmitz (TLN) def. Johnatan Parat (ALCNM) 6-1, 6-0
2. #77 Ewan Moore (TLN) def. Kert Kilumets (ALCNM) 6-1, 6-1
3. Hamish Stewart (TLN) def. Nuno Rocha (ALCNM) 6-0, 6-1
4. Tyler Schick (TLN) def. Ivan Matas (ALCNM) 6-0, 6-0
5. Tim Ruetzel (TLN) def. Stojan Stojanovski (ALCNM) 6-4, 6-0
6. Eric Wagner (TLN) def. Suyash Gupta (ALCNM) 6-4, 6-3

Order of finish: Singles (4,3,2,1,5,6)