The Trailblazers met the Quincy University Hawks on Thursday, Sept. 15, falling 5-4 in a very competitive match.
Switching the doubles teams netted a much better start, with wins coming at #2 and #3 doubles. In singles, Juan Bravo had the match of the day winning the first set by breaking at 4-4 and holding onto his own serve in an 11 point game. Bravo then fell behind 4-1 in the second only to bounce back and win the next five games to close out the match. Nic Lancaster found his forehand during his match winning in another thrilling third set tiebreaker 11-9.
LCCC 4, Quincy College 5
#1S: Juan Bravo won over Ian Hinkamper 6-4, 6-4
#2S: Neil Berkel lost to Lane Luhring 6-1, 6-2
#3S: Alex Prusaczyk lost to John Moskal 7-6, 6-4
#4S: Joe Hawkes lost to Ethan Arns 6-1, 6-4
#5S: Tyler Kerley lost to Greg Kuchta 7-6, 6-4
#6S: Nic Lancaster won over Austin Brown 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (11)
#1D: Bravo/Lancaster lost to Hinkamper/Luhring 8-2
#2D: Berkel/Prusaczyk won over Moskal/Arns 8-6
#3D: Hawkes/Kerley won over Kuchta/Brown 8-3