YANKTON, S.D. – The Bulldogs traveled to face Mount Marty on Friday in Yankton, S.D. Concordia gave its all but lost early to the Lancers in a 0-7 shutout win for the home team. Many sets were pushed by Head Coach Lisa Hart’s squad which couldn’t find the points needed in the end. The Bulldogs fall to 0-4 on the season and stay winless in their current campaign.
Hugo Fuentes and Grady Works went to battle Pablo Rivest and Oleksandr Makarov in the No. 1s match, dropping their doubles set (2-6) as well as Luke Johnson and Michael Bedrosian, both ending with the same score to allow Mount Marty to seal the doubles point. At No. 2s Manuel Rodriguez and Santi Abadia clashed with Alejandro Polo and Jose Andrade, unable to break the set in a 4-6 loss.
Abadia at No. 3 pushed his bout against Andrade to a third set but fell in a tiebreaker (6-3, 3-6, 0-7). The Bogotá, Colombia native has yet to find a singles victory in four duals, but took a doubles set with Rodriguez against Ottawa. As a mid-year enrollee, No. 2 Works competed in the first singles dual of his collegiate career and pushed Markarov to a competitive battle in both sets. The junior Lincoln Southwest product came out pushing the intensity but was unable to find the sixth game, falling (4-6, 4-6) in each.
No. 6 Mitch Krumm fell in his second collegiate dual match (1-6, 4-6) to Ignacio Gomez, while No. 4 Bedrosian (2-6, 2-6), No. 5 Rodriguez (0-6, 2-6) and No. 1 Fuentes (1-6, 2-6) all lost in straight sets as well.
Mount Marty is 5-1, having avenged its only loss to Northwestern with a decisive 6-1 win over the Red Raiders. They have won three straight since Oct. 3 and face Bethany Lutheran College (Mankato, Minn.) on Feb. 25.
Concordia (0-4) will have a quick turnaround to challenge Baker University (Kan.), set in Fremont, Neb. at the Fremont Family YMCA. The match is set to start at 11 a.m. CT.