Men's Tennis Finishes Strong At Indiana Invitational
    Orno and Hamning win doubles flight
    Ryan Hamning

    Ryan Hamning

    Sept. 20, 2009

    Final Stats

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    The men’s tennis team came away with some hardware, as Phil Orno and Ryan Hamning were able to take home a doubles win at the Indiana Invitational on Sunday.

    Seniors Orno and Hamning have played together for four years, and that chemistry paid dividends as they were able to defeat Gruter and Kendall from host school Indiana in the bottom half of the doubles flight.

    “This is a special doubles team,” head coach Brian Etzkin said. “There are not too many teams that play together this long in the NCAA and they have clicked, playing at such a high percentage in doubles. I believe that they can keep this going through the whole season.”

    Hamning continued his superb weekend, winning his last singles match. After falling in his first match on Friday, Hamning did not lose again, winning eight straight matches between singles and doubles.

    Junior Rob Fox’s run ended at the finals of the No. 3 flight with a loss to Western Michigan’s Blomberg. Fox went 3-1 in the tournament and lost to Blomberg in a tough three set match as he fell just short.

    Freshman John Haley recorded his first Division I win on Sunday over Tunis of IUPUI, winning 6-0, 6-3.

    “I was happy as a whole with how we played this weekend,” Ezkin said, “and I hope that we can carry that into next week.”

    2009 Indiana Invitational
    Third Day Results

    Flight 1 Singles
    Calligari (UL) def. Orno, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
    Herrlinger (XU) def. Goossens, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6

    Flight 2 Singles
    Hamning def. Warren (BU), 6-3, 6-4

    Flight 3 Singles
    Blomberg (WMU) def. Fox, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
    Ervin (BU) def. Klepatz, 6-0, 6-3


     

     

    Flight 4 Singles
    Peace (IUPUI) def. Spirtos, 6-3, 1-6, (10-3)
    Snyder (SIU) def. Perkins, 6-1, 6-1
    Bayliss (BU) def. Jones, 6-2, 6-1
    Haley def. Tunis (IUPUI), 6-0, 6-3

    Doubles Results
    Orno/Hamning def. Reynauld/Warren (BU), 8-4
    Peace/Modessitt (IUPUI) def. Jones/Spirtos, 9-8(3)
    Kidera/Florez (SIU) def. Goossens/Fox, 8-3
    Haley/Klepatz def. Theodor/McLoughlin (BU), 8-4