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Tom Litscher was a winner in singles and doubles against Fairfield. (Ray Acevedo)
Valparaiso picked up singles victories at three, five, and six
on Tuesday afternoon, but it was not quite enough as Fairfield
defeated the Crusaders 4-3 at Rollins College in Orlando,
Fla.
In a closely contested match,
Fairfield (4-4)
took two of the three doubles contests to win the opening point. Valpo started with a victory at three doubles
as Tom Litscher (Eau
Claire, Wis./Memorial H.S.) teamed
with Arne Deihle (Reutlingen, Germany/Johannes
Kepler H.S.) for an 8-5 win over Mark and Erik Kremheller. The Stags won at number one with Rob Ferrante
and Joe Michalisin topping Kyle Stump (Plymouth, Ind./Plymouth
H.S.) and Kevin DeHerrera (Littleton, Colo./Chatfield
H.S.) 8-6. In the deciding second
doubles contest, Adam Whitmer (Shipshewana, Ind./Westview
H.S.) and Chris Baum (Charlotte,
N.C./Providence H.S.) had a match-point, but could not pull out the win,
falling in a tie-break 9-8 (3) against Ryan Berthodt and Dan Sauter.
“This was a very tough loss
for us with lots of close matches,” head coach Jim Daugherty said. “I feel
a lot better than I did after yesterday though because we played well. We were literally one point away from winning
the match.”
Litscher also posted a
singles win for the Brown and Gold in addition to his doubles triumph,
defeating Bob Kelly 6-3, 6-2.
“Tom played very well today,”
Daugherty said. “His experience really
came through in the match today.”
Baum and DeHerrera each added
victories for Valpo as well, both in three sets. Baum topped Ferrante 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 at number
three while DeHerrera was a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 winner against Mike Lessing.
The Stags won at one, two and
four though to take the match. Sauter
was a 6-2, 6-4 victor against Stump while Michalisin downed Whitmer 7-5,
6-2. Erik Kremheller defeated Deihle at
number four singles by the same score.
Valparaiso (2-7) will close out its spring trip on Wednesday
morning with a 9:30 a.m. CST match against Monmouth in Orlando.
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