Box Score
OMAHA, Neb. -- The UNO men's tennis team opened the spring season with a 7-2 win over Nebraska Wesleyan at Hanscom Park Tennis Center on Friday night.
The Mavericks improved to 5-2 on the year with the win. UNO got five singles wins and two doubles wins. Senior #
Drew Mercier# won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0 over Jamie Holmes of Nebraska Wesleyan.
Nate Hoppe scored the only singles win for the Prairie Wolves with a 7-5, 3-6, 10-8 marathon win over #
Matt Frost#. #
Eric McKnight#, #
Anthony Forcucci#, #
Brandon Otoski and Andrew Lescelius# then won convincingly in straight sets.
In doubles, Mercier and Frost defeated Holmes and Hoppe, 8-5, and McKnight and Forcucci won 8-2 over Mike Larsen and Drew Placek. Wesleyan's Ryan McCarty and Seth Shimerda defeated #
Mike Hupf# and Otoski, 9-7.
UNO competes again on Feb. 18, when Northern Colorado visits for an 11 a.m. match at the Hanscom Park Tennis Center.
UNO - 7, Nebraska Wesleyan 2
Singles
1. Mercier (UNO) def Holmes, 6-1, 6-0
2. Hoppe (NWU) def Frost, 7-5, 3-6, 10-8
3. McKnight (UNO) def. Larsen 6-1, 6-2
4. Forcucci (UNO) def Placek 6-2, 6-1
5. Otoski (UNO) def Barrett 6-4, 6-3
6. Lescelius (UNO) def Shimerda 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
1. Mercier/Frost (UNO) def. Holmes/Hoppe 8-5
2. McKnight/Forcucci (UNO) def. Larsen/Placek 8-2
3. McCarty/Shimerda (NWU) def Hupf/Otoski 9-7
