Zitur Ends Cobber Career In Style
Senior Zach Zitur finished off his college career with the lone Cobber win in the team's 8-1 loss to Macalester.
FARGO, N.D. (4/24/16)—Concordia finished off the 2016 season by falling 8-1 to Macalester.
The swing matches came in the top two doubles bouts which were each decided by the minimum two game and then one singles match which was decided in a super-set tie-breaker.
The loss ends the Cobbers' campaign with a 2-11 overall record and a 2-7 mark in MIAC play. Concordia was picked to finish ninth in the preseason coaches' poll and will place eighth in the final regular-season standings. Macalester wins for the third time in the last four matches and moves to 9-7 overall and 4-3 in league play.
Concordia senior Zach Zitur capped his career in style by earning the team's lone win of the day. Zitur won in the super-set tie-breaker at No.3 singles. He cruised to 6-2 win in the opening set before losing in the tie-breaker in the second set. Zitur then went back-and-forth for the entire super-set before prevailing by winning the last two points and claiming a 12-10 win.
Jesse Schneeberger lost in the super-set at No.4 singles in a match that could have gone either way. Schneeberger won the first set 7-5 but then his opponent returned the favor with a 7-5 win in the second. Schneeberger was never able to get momentum in the super-set tie-breaker and wound up falling 10-4.
Zitur and Matthew Engum lost 8-6 at No.2 doubles in one of the key early matches of the team competition. The Cobber No.1 singles tandem of Isaac Toivonen and David Schneck also dropped an 8-6 decision.
BOOKENDS
Zach Zitur's win at No.3 singles was his fifth of the season. That ties him for the team lead in singles wins with Toivonen. The five wins on the year is the second most for a single season in his Cobber career. He had seven victories as a freshman in 2013. Zitur ended his career with 16 singles wins and is the winningest CC player in singles play in the past four seasons.
Macalester 8, Concordia-Moorhead 1
Apr 24, 2016 at Fargo, N.D. (Courts Plus)
Singles competition
1. Joshua Doyle (MAC) def. Isaac Toivonen (CC) 6-1, 6-1
2. Brian Utz (MAC) def. David Schneck (CC) 6-1, 6-3
3. Zach Zitur (CC) def. Aidan Tirpack (MAC) 6-2, 6-7, 12-10
4. Wilson Merrell (MAC) def. Jesse Schneeberger (CC) 5-7, 7-5, 10-4
5. Matthew Yang (MAC) def. Matthew Engum (CC) 7-5, 6-2
6. Peter Willenborg (MAC) def. Austin Storm (CC) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Joshua Doyle/Brian Utz (MAC) def. Isaac Toivonen/David Schneck (CC) 8-6
2. Aidan Tirpack/Hardt Bergmann (MAC) def. Zach Zitur/Matthew Engum (CC) 8-6
3. Wilson Merrell/Matthew Yang (MAC) def. Jesse Schneeberger/Austin Storm (CC) 8-1