Huskers Wrap Up Big Ten Individual Championships

The Nebraska men's tennis team competed in the third and final day of competition at the Big Ten Individual Championships at the Dillon Tennis Center in Lincoln on Sunday. 

The day began with extra doubles matches. Five Huskers competed altogether. William Gleason and Patrick Cacciatore were knotted 6-6 with the Wisconsin duo of Daniel Nuzhny and Scott Sculley before triumphing 7-3 in the set tiebreaker. Bradley Mittleman was slated to compete with Andre Saleh, but an injury to Saleh meant Mittleman competed alongside Ohio State's Jacob Wareti instead. The ad-hoc pairing defeated Jarreau Campbell and Kazuki Matsuno of Michigan State, 6-2. In the final doubles match of the day involving Nebraska players, Chester Wickwire and Shunya Maruyama fell to Michigan State's John Carlin and Carson Gates, 6-2.  

Three Huskers saw action when play shifted from doubles to singles matches. Patrick Cacciatore was thwarted in his attempt to reach the back draw finals by Iowa's Joe Tyler, who defeated the South Carolina transfer 6-3, 6-4. Andre Saleh was also poised to compete in the back draw singles semifinals, but an injury prevented him from competing on Sunday. In extra singles matches, Shunya Maruyama bested Kazuki Matsuno of Michigan State 6-1, 6-2, while William Gleason lost a back-and-forth battle with Northwestern's Steven Forman. Overall, Nebraska earned four doubles victories and 11 singles victories on the weekend. Five Huskers (Cacciatore, Gleason, Lozano, Maruyama and Sprlak-Puk) earned two singles victories apiece throughout the tournament.

Overall, Head Coach Sean Maymi was pleased with how the weekend went. 

"When [the Big Ten conference] told us we would have the opportunity to host [the Big Ten Individual Championships], I thought it would be great for our guys since we can play at home and play on our home courts," Maymi said. "With these types of tournaments, the plan is to get a lot of matches and watch how the guys handle different pressure situations. [Assistant coach] Tom [Boysen] and I were able to assess the guys in a lot of different scenarios and [now] we know some things we need to work on. Being a team full of freshmen and sophomores, we're only going to continue to get better."   

The Big Ten Individual Championships marked the end to the fall season for the Huskers. NU will resume competition Jan. 18 when they travel to Nashville, Tenn., to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores. 

Full tournament results can be viewed below.

Doubles Results: 
Main Draw
Day 1
Tim Seibert/Jacob Wareti (Ohio State) def. Patrick Cacciatore/William Gleason, 8-7(6)
Gabriel Huber/Robin Parts (Wisconsin) def. Bradley Mittleman/Chester Wickwire, 8-3
Andrew Lutschaunig/James Trotter (Ohio State) def. Shunya Maruyama/Albert Sprlak-Puk, 8-5

Back Draw
Day 1
Jarreau Campbell/Kazuki Matsuno (Michigan State) def. Bradley Mittleman/Chester Wickwire, 6-4
Connor Johnston /Kristofer Siimar (Michigan) def. William Gleason/Patrick Cacciatore, 7-5
Anthony Pero/John Carlin (Michigan State) def. Victor Moreno Lozano/Andre Saleh, 6-4.
Day 2 
Patrick Cacciatore/Albert Sprlak-Puk def. Dominik Stary/Trice Pickens (Northwestern), 7-6(8)  
Patrick Cacciatore/Shunya Maruyama def. John Carlin/Carson Gates (Michigan State), 6-3 
Daniel Nuzhny/Scott Sculley (Wisconsin) def. Albert Sprlak-Puk/Bradley Mittleman, 6-4 
Connor Johnston/Kristofer Siimar (Michigan) def. William Gleason/Victor Moreno Lozano, 6-4 
Jarreau Campbell/Kazuki Matsuno (Michigan State) def. Andre Saleh/Chester Wickwire, 7-6(6)  
Day 3
William Gleason/Patrick Cacciatore def. Daniel Nuzhny/Scott Sculley (Wisconsin), 7-6(3)  
John Carlin/Carson Gates (Michigan State) def. Chester Wickwire/Shunya Maruyama, 6-2 
Jacob Wareti (Ohio State)/Bradley Mittleman def. Jarreau Campbell/Kazuki Matsuno (Michigan State), 6-2 

Singles Results:
Main Draw
Shunya Maruyama def. Anthony Pero (Mich St), 6-3, 6-4 
Albert Sprlak-Puk def. Russell Berdusco (Northwestern), 6-4, 6-7, 7-5  
Will Gleason def. John Carlin (Mich St), 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
Abhijeet Joshi (NW) def. Chester Wickwire, 6-3, 6-4 
Andrew Lutschaunig (Ohio State) def. Andre Saleh, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
Victor Moreno Lozano def. Martin Vilella (Wisconsin), 6-4, 6-1 
Trice Pickens (NW) def. Patrick Cacciatore, 7-6(5), 7-5  
Round of 16 
Dominik Stary def. Shunya Maruyama, 6-3, 6-0
Will Gleason def. Gabriel Huber (Wisconsin), 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(3)  
Robin Parts (Wisconsin) def. Albert Sprlak-Puk 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
James Trotter (Ohio State) def. Victor Moreno Lozano, 6-2, 6-2  
Quarterfinals
Dominik Stary (Northwestern) def. William Gleason, 6-1, 6-1 

Back Draw
Joe Tyler (Iowa) def. Chester Wickwire, 6-1, 6-4 
Patrick Cacciatore def. Jacob Wareti (Ohio State), 7-5, 6-2 
Albert Sprlak-Puk def. Abhijeet Joshi (Northwestern), 7-6, 7-5 
Victor Moreno Lozano def. Gabriel Huber (Wisconsin), 6-3, 6-7(5) 
Carson Gates (Michigan State) def. Shunya Maruyama, 6-2, 6-3 
Quarterfinals
Andre Saleh def. Morgan Lohan (Iowa), 6-2, 6-3   
Patrick Cacciatore def. Russell Burdusco (Northwestern), 6-2, 6-2 
Semifinals
John Carlin def. Andre Saleh (Walkover--Injury)  
Joe Tyler (Iowa) def. Patrick Cacciatore, 6-3, 6-4 

Extra Matches 
Steven Forman (Northwestern) def. William Gleason, 4-6, 6-3(4)  
Shunya Maruyama def. Kazuki Matsuno (Michigan State), 6-1, 6-2