Hoosiers sweep past IPFW, Morehead State

As clocks around campus struck 10 a.m. on Monday, the men's tennis team struck its first balls of the spring season with a 6-1 victory against Morehead State.\nAt No. 3 doubles, junior Michael McCarthy and sophomore Mak Kendall won the first doubles pro set, 8-4, with a combination of powerful strokes, high energy and solid team chemistry. Despite a tough loss by the No. 1 doubles team of juniors Dara McLoughlin and Thomas Richter, the Hoosiers did manage to earn the doubles point, 8-4. In a deadlock early, senior David Bubenicek and sophomore Peter Antons, broke a 2-2 tie by winning six of the next eight games.\n"We just believed we [could] win, and we went for it," said Bubenicek, who finished off the match with a tough serve into the body of a Morehead State opponent. "We were not even thinking to lose."\nWith a 1-0 lead, the Hoosiers needed three singles wins to clinch the team victory. The Hoosiers won five of the six singles matches to put the Eagles away.r. \nThe sole loss came from Richter, a newcomer from Germany, who was knocked off in a super tiebreaker after splitting the first two sets.\n"I'm disappointed (with) the way I played," Richter said. "I thought I had it pretty solid on the backhand, but the forehand didn't work in the second or third set. I didn't feel really safe and secure on my forehand, and I think that's why I lost."\nIn the team's second match of the day, IU took down a young IPFW squad 7-0. The doubles pairings of McLoughlin-Richter and Bubenicek-Antons swept past their opponents, while the No. 3 doubles team of McCarthy-Roussel dominated their opponents 8-2. All singles wins were straight-set victories.