Boyer Wins U.S. Open Qualifier

The Nebraska men's tennis team's Dusty Boyer won the U.S. Open National Playoffs Missouri Valley Sectional Qualifying event held at Homestead Coutnry club in Prairie Village, Kan., May 28-30.

Boyer, a 2016 senior from Ham Lake, Minn., captured victories in both singles and mixed doubles at the U.S. Open qualifying event.

Boyer claimed the singles championship with a victory over Alexander Brown 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2. After dropping the first set, Boyer showed his determination in the last two sets and rallied for the victory. 

Later the same day, Boyer and Julia Schiller, a junior at Wichita State, teamed up in mixed doubles competition to compete against Kelley Seeberger and Matt Seeberger. Boyer and Schiller split the first two sets with the Seeberger's, 7-6, 3-6, before taking the match with a 1-0 win in the final set for the mixed doubles title. 

The 2015 U.S. Open will begin on Monday, Aug. 31, and runs through Sunday, Sept. 13.