Huskers Blow Past Bluejays, 7-0

Lincoln, Neb. - The Nebraska men's tennis team stormed to a 7-0 win over Creighton on Saturday at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center.

Nebraska improved to 5-3 on the season with its second straight victory. The Huskers did not drop a set in singles or doubles play to the visiting Jays.

The Huskers started the dual strong by claiming the doubles point. Dusty and Toby Boyer cruised to a 6-1 win over Quinn Dippel and Alex Koca at No. 1 doubles, before Andrew Dzulynsky and Ford Zitsch secured the doubles point with a 6-3 win over Aaron Chalstrom and Nick Thompson at No. 3. Marc Herrmann and Tomislav Antoljak completed a clean sweep of doubles play with a 6-3 victory Harrison Lang and August Nysted at the No. 2 position.

In singles competiton, Zitsch rolled to a 6-3, 6-2 over Brooks Kendall at No. 5, before Dzulynsky cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Chalstrom at No. 4.

Antoljak helped the Huskers clinch the team win with his 6-3, 6-2 victory over Creighton's Jake Glazer at No. 6.

Herrmann battled through the tightest set for a Husker on the day, but prevailed with a 7-5 decision in the first set against Alex Koca at No. 2. He put the hammer down with a 6-0 sweep in the second set.

At No. 1, Dusty Boyer worked his way to a 6-4, 6-4 win, before his brother Toby added a 6-4, 6-4 win of his own over Creighton's Quinn Dippel at No. 3 to complete the perfect day for the Huskers.

"I thought we played a complete match which was good to see", Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott said. "Especially starting with the doubles, we did a good job of getting 3-0 on a couple of the courts. We did a good job of getting off to those quick starts and then that kind of carried over into singles. They're very competitive. I told our guys they are going to come out hard and a lot of the first sets in singles were very competitive. After we got those first sets, I felt like our guys kind of took control and took charge. As coaches we just felt like they played a good, complete match against a quality team, and now we just have to get ready for Cornell."

The Huskers return to competition against Cornell at the Dillon Tennis Center on March 5 at 1 p.m. Later the same day, Nebraska will travel to Omaha to take on the Mavericks at 7 p.m.

Doubles 
No. 1 Dusty Boyer/Toby Boyer (NEB) def. Quinn Dippel/Alex Koca (CU) 6-1
No. 2 Marc Herrmann/Tomislav Antoljak (NEB) def. Harrison Lang/August Nysted (CU) 6-3
No. 3 Andrew Dzulynsky/Ford Zitsch (NEB) def. Aaron Chalstrom/Nick Thompson (CU) 6-3

Order of Finish: 1,3,2

Singles 

No. 1 Dusty Boyer (NEB) def. Quinn Dippel (CU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 Marc Herrmann (NEB) def. Alex Koca (CU) 7-5, 6-0
No. 3 Toby Boyer (NEB) def. Harrison Lang (CU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 Andrew Dzulynsky (NEB) def. Aaron Chalstrom (CU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 Ford Zitsch (NEB) def. Brooks Kendall (CU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 Tomislav Antoljak (NEB) def. Jake Glazer (CU) 6-3, 6-2

Order of Finish: 5,4,6,2,1,3