ITA Wrap

Title Bid Falls Just Short

The championship bid of Riley Galbraith and Brady Anderson fell just short in the final round of the ITA Regional doubles where the Kohawk duo lost to 2nd seed Al Houni/Saenz of Gustavus Adolphus College by a 57 61 10-5 count.

Earlier the Kohawks knocked off top seed Humphries/Skylar of WI-Whitewater in the semi-finals. Coe started out sizzling and jumped to a 5-0 lead. The Warhawks fought back to on serve at 5-6, but the resilient Coe duo upped their game to gain the break and then Riley served it out.

The Final was similar as Coe jumped to an early lead with explosive returns and first serves. The Gustavus pair fought back with a high level of net play, to even the match at 5-5, before Coe garnered another break and this time, Brady served out the set. Gustavus ramped up their level in the 2nd set, cruising to a 6-1 win despite extreme pressure on their service games from the Kohawk return game.

The Match Tiebreaker was earned by the Gusties with a winning streak of six straight highly contested points to extend to a 6-1 lead before closing out the TB 10-5.