Shaun Keenan has little concern for his dual meet record as a head coach.
His concern is preparing his team for another run at an Ohio Athletic Conference title and an NCAA tournament berth.
Hence a schedule featuring a ranked Division III team, a Division I team and an NAIA power
John Carroll played six matches down in Florida this week, and carved out victories over Muhlenberg and Houghton. The losses were to #14 Mary Washington, Oglethorpe, Division I Sacred Heart and NAIA power Ave Maria.
Against Muhlenberg, JCU picked up its first win of the season. The Blue Streaks swept the doubles -
Gustavo Garcia and
Kevin Wacnik at #1,
Mark Beebe and Andrew Siciliano at #2, and
Parker Holyn and
Andrew Triner at #3. In singles play, Beebe (#3),
Adi Jha (#4), Triner (#5) and Alvaro Rosabal (#6) all won to deliver a 7-2 victory.
Keenan used a revised line-up against Houghton in an 8-1 win. Jha won a tiebreaker as the number one singles player, as did
Isaac Palinkas playing at #6.
Doug Moore (#3),
Nathan Palinkas (#4) and Jack George (#5) all won in straight sets.
In doubles, Moore and Triner won 8-4 at the #1 slot, Holyn and George won by an 78-7 score at #3, and the brothers duo of
Nathan Palinkas and
Isaac Palinkas won 8-3 in the third doubles match.
For the week, Beebe was 2-3 in singles and 2-3 with Siciliano in doubles. Garcia and Wacnik were 2-3 as a doubles tandem. Holyn had the best doubles record of 3-1 playing with Triner and George.
Adi Jha was 2-3 as a singles player, while Moore was 1-0 in singles and 1-2 in doubles.
Triner was 2-1 in singles and 3-2 in doubles with three different partners.
