SAINT LEO, Fla. – The #1 Saint Leo University men's tennis team had a successful showing at home on Wednesday, defeating Washburn, 6-1.
 
""A good win today against an energetic and gritty Washburn Team" said head coach Chad Berryhill. "Getting the doubles point was big for us. Now we move on to a rematch of the National Indoor final with UIndy."
 
The Lions were able to take two of the three doubles matches this afternoon. The pairing of Ivan Marrero and Tao Bernal Castillo took the second doubles match defeating the #34 pairing of Santiago Rendon and Tim Hammes, 6-4. Luis Iriarte and Nicolas Bacella closed out doubles defeating Daniel Bird and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji, 6-4.
 
#5 Ivan Marrero kicked off singles action with a win over #58 Tim Hammes, 4-6,6-1,10-3. #21 Martin Soukal followed suit defeating #70 Sebastian Pjontek, 6-3 and 6-4. In the fourth singles match of the evening Luis Iriarte took down Daniel Bird, 6-3 and 6-2. Ghali Mensour and Henrique Bertoli closed out singles action picking up a win each for the Green & Gold to defeat Washburn, 6-1.
 
Saint Leo will return to action on March 16^th when they welcome #2 University of Indianapolis for the first time since they defeated UIndy in the ITA Indoor National Championships. The match is set to begin at 11:00 am at the Saint Leo Tennis Center.

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