Webster Groves, MO. -- The Panthers traveled to St. Louis on Tuesday for their first conference action of the season against Webster University. Doubles play was relatively uneventful, though the Gorloks were able to push
Greg Sovie and
Wyatt Dale to an 8-4 result at the top spot.
In singles it was a race to finish first that
Nat Kenworthy ran away with after only giving up a game.
Jules Kitchingman pulled off a ridiculous finish on a match point after scrambling across the court to dig out multiple balls in a row.
Brody Swan hit great cross-court forehands at 6
th singles, and Sovie ground the Gorloks down from the baseline and volleyed them off the court at net. Not to be forgotten, Dale smacked his massive forehand all over court two.
Dan Wagstaff and
Peter Griswold also took care of business with routine victories at the seventh and eighth spots, and so receive a special feature in this recap only because they won.
Daniel Gomez had a routine tune-up match against Webster's solid number one, and he now prepares to face the top player in the central region when the team travels to WashU on Monday.
Box score (winners in bold):
1
st doubles:
Wyatt Dale/Greg Sovie vs Riley Muren/Austin Nation 8-4
2
nd:
Jules Kithcingman/Nat Kenworthy vs Charlie McGhee/Tom Shutzman 8-1
3
rd:
Daniel Gomez/Brody Swan vs Tanner Haugen/Nicholas Andrade 8-2
1
st singles:
Gomez vs Muren 6-1, 6-1
2
nd:
Dale vs Nation 6-0, 6-2
3
rd:
Sovie vs McGhee 6-2, 6-1
4
th:
Kitchingman vs Shutzman 6-0, 6-0
5
th:
Kenworthy vs Haugen 6-1, 6-0
6
th:
Swan vs Andrade 6-0, 6-2
Final score- Principia 9-0
7
th:
Dan Wagstaff vs Justin Kohler 8-2
8
th:
Peter Griswold vs Parker Schaefer 8-0
