Posts filed under “Men’s Tennis”
Men’s tennis swept by Illinois State University
The Creighton men’s tennis team fell to Illinois State University 7-0 in its final MVC regular-season match at the Koch Family Tennis Center. The Jays couldn’t get the ball to bounce their way on Sunday afternoon. The Redbirds dominated the Jays in their doubles matches and swept them off of their feet in the singles [...]
Men’s Tennis struggles against Southern Illinois
The Creighton men’s tennis team looks to rebound after a 7-0 loss to Southern Illinois Univeristy Friday at the Salukis’ University Courts. The Jays (7-8, 0-3 MVC) failed to claim a point against a hot SIU (12-3, 3-0 MVC) team that now sits in second place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings. The defeat is [...]
Men’s Tennis falls against UMKC
The Creighton men’s tennis team (7-7) fell to the University of Missouri Kansas City Kangaroos (9-10) Tuesday in a 6-1 decision. Freshman Anthony Rauschenbach gave the Bluejays’ their only point with his 2-1 three-set victory over UMKC’s Tim Akhmedov in No. 6 singles. He did so by claiming the first set 6-4, dropping the second [...]
Jays pick up first sweep of the season
After falling to the nationally ranked Drake University Bulldogs in their conference opener Saturday, the Jays got back to their winning ways with a 7-0 victory over the Hastings College Broncos Tuesday night. The Jays improved to 7-5 overall with the win. The Jays also improved to 5-1 at home this season. Tuesday was the [...]
Men’s tennis wins at home
The Creighton men’s tennis team overcame the weekend “Snowpacalypse” and maintained their unblemished home record with a 5-2 win over the University North Dakota Saturday night. “It’s a huge home court advantage anywhere in college tennis so we love playing at home,” Senior Sean Mathison said. The Jays (2-2) came out strong by snagging the [...]
Tennis falls in Iowa
After an unfortunate weekend in Iowa City and Lincoln for the Jays men’s tennis team, they can be seen practicing even harder on the courts. In Iowa and Lincoln the men had two unlucky losses, 0-7 to the University of Iowa Hawwkeyes and 6-1 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers. With their No. 1 singles [...]
Tennis wins in home opener
The Creighton men’s tennis team looked impressive behind the clear glass of Hanscom Tennis Center Saturday night, opening their season with a 5-2 home victory over Western Illinois. “I thought we did a good job coming out,” head coach Tom Lilly said. “We talked about trying to work through tough situations and handle adversity well. [...]
Jays struggle against Wichita State
[media-credit name="Caity Johnson" align="alignnone" width="560"][/media-credit] by Matt Bourgault – Sports Reporter The Creighton men’s tennis team opened Missouri Valley Conference play trying to beat Wichita State for the first time in four seasons. Unfortunately for the Jays, their losing streak continued as Creighton fell 0-7 Saturday in Wichita. Each doubles match was contested, but Creighton [...]