MIAMI, Fla. (February 18, 2019) – The Webber International University men's and women's tennis teams spent their President's Day weekend in the Miami, Florida, area playing three of the toughest teams not just in the state of Florida, but in the entire picture of collegiate tennis. In both men's and women's action, Webber fell to one of the best teams in the NJCAA, ASA College (Miami), 9-0, on Friday, and then fell to the second-ranked team in the NAIA, Keiser University, 9-0, the next day on Saturday. On Sunday, the Webber men dropped a 6-1 decision to the third-ranked team in NCAA Division-II, Lynn University, while the Webber women fell 7-0 to a Lynn team that is ranked No. 5 in NCAA D-II on the women's side.

"Although we didn't win any of the matches, we came away with some valuable match experience and toughness," said Head Tennis Coach Otis Cutshaw. "Playing three top-five nationally ranked teams in three days isn't an easy task, but it showed me what we need to work on to improve. We did take a point in our last match vs Lynn as Christof Buehler played a great match for us to end on a positive note and for us to build off of for this coming week."
 
Webber at ASA College (Miami) (Friday, February 15; Hialeah, Fla.):
Men's Highlights

• Hugo Hasegawa and Marc Schneider lost 8-4 at No. 3 doubles.
• Ivan Bondarenko and Tare Mariga lost 8-2 at No. 1 doubles while Matthew Alexander and Rodrigo De Queiroz also lost 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
• Mariga lost 7-5, 6-1 at No. 2 singles while Bondarenko lost 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.
• De Queiroz lost 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4 singles while Christof Buehler lost 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.

 
Women's Highlights

• Emily John and Paula John lost 8-1 at No. 1 doubles.
• E. John lost 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.
• Megan Kelson lost 6-4, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
• Svenja Koenig lost 6-2, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.

 
Webber at No. 2 Keiser (Saturday, February 16; Boca Raton, Fla.):
Men's Highlights

• Ivan Bondarenko and Tare Mariga fell 8-0 at No. 1 doubles against the third-ranked tandem of Oliver Koeng and Riccardo Ferraris.
• Hugo Hasegawa and Marc Schneider lost 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
• Mariga fell 6-0, 6-2 at No. 3 singles against No. 4 Bonnaud; and at No. 5 singles, Schneider fell 6-0, 6-0 to No. 17 Julian Turosienski.
• Hasegawa lost 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 at No. 2 singles.
• Bondarenko lost 7-6, 6-0 at No. 1 singles.
• Christof Buehler lost 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6 singles.

 
Women's Highlights

• Emily John and Paula John lost 8-2 at No. 1 doubles.
• P. John lost 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles against No. 2 Anais Gabriel.
• E. John lost 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles against No. 3 Daniela Farfan, Jenna Fosdick lost 6-0, 6-2 at No. 3 singles against No. 19 Sarah Schaerer, and Svenja Koenig lost 6-2, 6-0 at No. 5 singles against No. 27 Lorene Foerste.
• At No. 6 singles, Megan Kelson fell 6-0, 6-1 against No. 40 Emma Henriksen.

 
Webber at No. 3/No. 5 Lynn (Sunday, February 17; Boca Raton, Fla.):
Men's Highlights

• Both of Webber's No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams performed well as Matthew Alexander and Christof Buehler fell 6-3 at No. 2 doubles and Hugo Hasegawa and Marc Schneider fell 6-2 at No. 3 doubles.
• The highlight of the weekend for the Warriors came from Buehler at No. 5 singles as he defeated No. 3 Lynn's Renato van Veggel 6-1, 2-6, 13-11.
• Schneider fell 7-5, 6-2 at No 4 singles, Ivan Bondarenko fell 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Hugo Hasegawa fell 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2 singles, and Tare Mariga fell 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.

 
Women's Highlights

• Webber won only two points in the match as during singles action, Emily John fell 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 1 spot while Paula John lost 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 2 spot.

 
Next Up:  Webber remains on the road for three more matches over a four-day span, starting on Wednesday, February 20, at Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida. The Warriors will then return to the Miami area to battle at Florida National University in Hialeah, Florida, on Friday, February 22, followed by a match on Saturday, February 23, at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida.