Box Score DAYTON, Ohio - The Mavericks concluded their stretch of two matches in under 20 hours with a 5-2 loss at Dayton today.
Omaha drops to 4-7 on the season while the Flyers have now won nine in a row to improve to 11-2.
For the fourth consecutive match,
Mikhail Korkunov and
Bryan Kuntz came out on top in the doubles round, initially losing a 5-3 lead ending up tied 6-6, before running away with the tiebreaker point in a 7-6 (7-3) win over Eric Suk and Mikkel Zinder. In the next match,
Mikel Garmendia and
Ethan Gaubert nearly secured the doubles point for Omaha in a back-and-forth battle with Sainandan Dore and Sturle Hoff Skigelstrand that saw each duo trade points until they ended up tied 6-6. In the end, though, team from Dayton won the final three points to take the tiebreaker.
Gaubert got even with Dore in the singles round as he got Omaha started with a come-from-behind 7-5, 6-4 win that saw him come back from behind down 2-4 in the second set. The Mavericks only got one more win in singles play, however, when Korkunov bounced back after letting his lead slip away in the second set with a 7-6 (7-4) win in the final set to secure his victory.
Up Next
The Mavericks open Summit League play next week when they host Oral Roberts on Friday at 1 p.m.
Full Results
Doubles:
- Mikhail Korkunov/Bryan Kuntz (UNO) def Eric Suk/Mikkel Zinder (UD) 7-6
- Brady Hussey/KyleMcNally (SUD) def Christian Trevey /Pavan Uppu (UNO) 6-2
- Sainandan Dore/Sturle Hoff Skigelstrand (UD) def Ethan Gaubert/Ethan Gaubert (UNO) 7-6
Singles:
- Mikhail Korkunov (UNO) def Kyle McNally (UD) 6-3, 6-7, 7-6
- Mikkel Zinder (UD) def Bryan Kuntz (UNO) 6-3, 6-4
- Ethan Gaubert (UNO) def Sainandan Dore (UD) 7-5, 6-4
- Sturle Hoff Skigelstrand (UD) def Mikel Garmendia (UNO) 7-5, 7-6
- Alfons Ridstrom (UD) def Christian Trevey (UNO) 2-6, 7-6, 7-5
- Kaiaitz Mendibe (UD) def Pavan Uppu (UNO) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 1, 3); Singles (2, 3, 4, 6, 1, 5)