Boyer Duo Takes Big Ten Indoors at No. 1 Seed

Iowa City, Iowa -?The Nebraska men's tennis team opened competition with a doubles title at the Big Ten Indoors at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex on Friday.

The Husker duo of senior Dusty Boyer and freshman Toby Boyer earned the No. 1 seed and claimed the championship with a 6-3 victory over Penn State's Christian Lutschaunig and David Kohan in the final.

In addition to the doubles title from the Boyer brothers, the Huskers also saw a strong showing from the doubles tandem of Andrew Dzulynsky and Bradford Zitsch, who advanced to the semifinals before suffering a 6-4 loss to the Boyers.

The Boyers opened with a bye as the top seed before defeating Wisconsin's Lamar Remy and John Zordani, 7-6 (9). The victory moved the brothers into the semifinals against Dzulynsky and Zitsch.

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Dzulynsky and Zitsch advanced to the semifinals by opening with a 6-4 win over Michigan's Kevin Wong and Tyler Gardiner. The Husker pair then defeated Iowa's Dom Patrick and Robin Haden, 7-6 (4) in the second round to advance to the semifinals to face their Nebraska brethren.?

Scott Elsass and Marc Herrmann also competed in the first round of the doubles tournament but came up short against the eventual runner-ups from Penn State, 7-6 (2).

In consolation play, Elsass and Herrmann rolled to a 6-3 victory over Purdue's Dominik Sochurek and Arthur Dobradin.

"Great tournament for the Boyer brothers to come out on top today and bring home the 2015 Big Ten Indoors doubles title," said Head Coach Kerry McDermott. "These guys played very solid tennis today and competed at a very high level all day. We as coaches were very excited to see them play hard every match and especially at a few times when they struggled. They found a way to buckle down and find the way to win, that's what great players do."

"This is the second time in the last three year that we have had a doubles team win the Indoor Championship," Coach McDermott added. "What was really exciting was we had the team of Bradford Zitsch and Andrew Dzulynsky reach the semi finals and ended up losing to the Boyers by the score of 6-4 in a tight match. IT was good to see Bradford and Andrew have a solid performance today and step up their play in doubles. Hopefully the guys can carry over this momentum as a team into their individual matches tomorrow and we can bring the singles crown back to Nebraska on Monday."

Singles competiton in the Big Ten Indoors Tennis Tournament begins Saturday at 8 a.m., with Nebraska's No. 1 Dusty Boyer and No. 4 Toby Boyer taking aim at their second championships of the weekend.?