Saints Cruise Past Thunderwolves
The #4 Seward County Saints rolled to their 13th win of the season on Wednesday at home at Blue Bonnet Park in Liberal, knocking off NCAA Division II member Colorado State-Pueblo 7-2 behind wins at each of the top five singles spots.
The Thunderwolves took the first point of the day with a 9-8 nailbiting win at #1 doubles, but the Saints battled back with 8-4 and 8-2 wins at #2 and #3 to grab a 2-1 lead at the end of doubles action.
Carlos Anez started the Saints off with a win at #1 singles, downing James Ryan 6-3, 6-4 to put Seward up 3-1. Alex Mosehle took a straight sets win at #2 and Claudio Quinones put together an impressive 6-1, 6-1 win at #3 to seal the win for the Saints. Renato Santos won at #4 Seward while Ben Finet came from behind for a three set victory at #5 for the Saints seventh point. The match of the day came at #6 where CSUP earned a 14-12 third set victory to finish up the match in a 7-2 Seward win.
Seward improves to 13-2 on the year and will return to the court on Saturday as they take on Wichita State University in Wichita.