Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Bethel University Athletics

Upcoming and Recent Events

7
Winner Saint John's University SJU
2
Bethel (MN) BU
Winner
Saint John's University SJU
7
Final
2
Bethel (MN) BU
Brett Eliason and Zack Chaffey high five after a point
AJ Barrett

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Alia Anderson - Contributing Student Writer

Royals Fall to Johnnies, 7-2

ROGERS, Minn. – The Bethel men's tennis team took a tough 7-2 loss against Saint John's Saturday evening despite battling in seven different tiebreaker matches.
 
The Royals found themselves down early dropping all three doubles matches, two which went into a tiebreak. Five of the six singles matches headed to a third set super tiebreaker but BU could only come out on top of two.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Thrid doubles team Zack Chaffey and Brett Eliason found themselves down 1-5 in the tiebreak. They won the next two points, giving the boys a ray of hope, but a point penalty was issued on the Royals, bringing them down 3-6. They then fought of two set points before ultimately falling 7-8 (5-7).
• Freshman Carter Sheard scored one of two points for the Royals at 1st singles. He took a close first set 6-4, but then fell 4-6 in the second. He took a 8-4 lead in the tie break before losing the next three points, but then he took back control and winning the match 6-4, 4-6, 10-8.
• No. 5 singles player Watson Sheard also found himself in a defining third set. After laboring hard to take the first set, he was down 1-4 early in the second and was never able to make up the difference. He then fell early again in the third set tie break 2-7. However, he fought back, winning five consecutive points to tie it up and ultimately winning 6-4, 2-6, 12-10.
 
THE SCORES
Singles:
  1. Carter Sheard (BU) def. Ryan Will (SJU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
  2. Ian Aadland (SJU) def. Gavin Hutter (BU) 6-2, 6-1
  3. Sam Wolden (SJU) def. Dylan Magistad (BU) 6-1, 6-7 (7-4), 10-5
  4. Daniel Perez (SJU) def. Zack Chaffey (BU) 6-1, 3-6, 10-7
  5. Watson Sheard (BU) def. Mark Rosen (SJU) 6-4, 2-6, 12-10
  6. Cooper Anderson (SJU) def. Robert Seaton (BU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 
Doubles:
  1. Ryan Will and Cooper Anderson (SJU) def. Gavin Hutter and Dylan Magistad (BU) 8-7 (8-6)
  2. Ian Aadland and Sam Wolden (SJU) def. Watson Sheard and Carter Sheard (BU) 8-3
  3. Mark Rosen and Alex Draeger (SJU) def. Brett Eliason and Zack Chaffey (BU) 8-7 (7-5) 
UP NEXT
The Royals will be right back in action as they travel to Macalester on Monday April 22 in the first of two remaining matches of the regular season.


 
 
 
Print Friendly Version

Related Headlines