LINCOLN, Neb. – Omaha Men's Tennis dropped both matches of a doubleheader at Nebraska by a score of 7-0 on Saturday.
 
The Mavericks (0-2) opened the day with a win at No. 1 doubles. Graduate Bryan Kuntz (Cuiaba, Brazil) and redshirt sophomore Pavan Uppu (Pickerington, Ohio) defeated Nebraska's Colsen Wells and Matt Shearer 6-4. It would be the Mavs only match win of the day.
 
Kuntz would go on to push his second singles match of the day to the limit with a tiebreak that went into extra points. The graduate from Brazil faced Nikolay Sysoev from Nebraska to close out the day at the No. 1 singles spot. After falling 7-5 in the first set, Kuntz fought back to bring the second set to a 6-6 tie. He ultimately fell 11-9 in the seven-point tiebreaker.
 
Fellow graduate Liam Spiers (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) played his own marathon match in singles in the first match of the day. Spiers faced Sysoev in the No. 2 spot. The Husker took the first set 6-2, but Spiers battled and took the second 6-4 in his first singles match as a Maverick. The deciding set went Sysoev's way with a score of 10-7.
 
Freshman Maddox Lundell (Minetonka, Minn.) pushed his first spring tennis match to three sets after taking the first set 6-4 over Nebraska's Joan Torres.
 
The Mavericks are at home on Saturday, Jan. 24 to welcome Wichita State to Miracle Hills Tennis Center at noon.
 
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Match 1
Omaha (0-1) – 0, Nebraska (1-0) – 7
Singles
1. Leo Linquet (NEB) defeated Bryan Kuntz (OMA) – 6-3, 6-3
2. Nikolay Sysoev (NEB) defeated Liam Spiers (OMA) – 2-6, 6-4, 10-7
3. Colson Wells (NEB) defeated Christian Trevey (OMA) – 6-3, 6-4
4. Jeri Lassila (NEB) defeated Pavan Uppu (OMA) – 6-4, 6-2
5. Henry Lamchinniah (NEB) defeated Kaden Taylor (OMA) – 6-3, 6-1
6. Joan Torres (NEB) defeated Maddox Lundell (OMA) – 4-6, 6-2, 10-7
 
Doubles
1. Bryan Kuntz/Pavan Uppu (OMA) defeated Colsen Wells/Matt Shearer (NEB) – 6-4
2. Leo Linquet/Henry Lamchinniah (NEB) defeated Ethan Gaubert/Kristian Thomas (OMA) – 6-4
3. Jeri Lasilla/Nikolay Sysoev (NEB) defeated Liam Spiers/Christian Trevey (OMA) – 6-3
 
Order of Finish
Singles: 5, 1, 4, 3, 2, 6
Doubles: 3, 1, 2
 
Match 2
Omaha (0-2) – 0, Nebraska (2-0) – 7
Singles
1. Nikolay Syseov (NEB) defeated Bryan Kuntz (OMA) – 7-5, 7-6 (9)
2. Leo Linquet (NEB) defeated Liam Spiers (OMA) – 6-1, 6-1
3.Jeri Lassila (NEB) defeated Pavan Uppu (OMA) – 6-3, 6-1
4. Colsen Wells (NEB) defeated Kaden Taylor (OMA) – 6-0, 7-5
5. Henry Lamchinniah (NEB) defeated Kristian Thomas (OMA) – 6-2, 6-3
6. Niels van der Sijs (NEB) defeated Caleb Peterson (OMA) – 6-2, 6-3
 
Doubles
1. Kristian Thomas/Bryan Kuntz (OMA) vs. Matt Shearer/Colson Wells (NEB) – 4-4, unfinished
2. Henry Lamchinniah/Leo Linquet (NEB) defeated Ethan Gaubert/Pavan Uppu (OMA) – 6-1
3. Jeri Lassila/Nikolay Sysoev (NEB) defeated Liam Spiers/Anthony Scheglowski (OMA) – 6-2
 
Order of Finish
Singles: 2, 6, 3, 5, 4, 1
Doubles: 2, 3