There were plenty of tiebreakers and three setters Wednesday at Aspen Racquet Club, but The College of Wooster men's tennis team stood firm, defeating Oberlin College, 5-4.
The win gave Wooster its first North Coast Athletic Conference win of the season.
The match started with all three doubles matches going to tiebreakers after 7-7 stalemates. However, Wooster only took one flight when it was all said and done, as the No. 3 team of Alex Anikeeff and Anthony VanOyen blanked their opponents with a 7-0 tiebreaker.
The No. 1 team of Jay Dixit and Namit Misra and the No. 2 team of Shivam Dewan and Arnav Yadav each fell in 7-4 tiebreakers.
Fortunately, Wooster got the four points it needed in the top four singles flights, which all saw some combination of tiebreakers or three sets.
Dixit won in the No. 1 flight 7-6 (5), 0-6, 7-5, and VanOyen won the No. 2 flight 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
At No. 3, Yadav finished strong, winning 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (6), and Dewan won in straight sets 7-6 (3), 6-0 in the No. 4 flight.
Elsewhere, Misra fell 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (6) in the No. 5 flight, and Bennett Dickerson lost 6-2, 6-3 in the No. 6 flight.
Wooster improves to 7-9 overall and 1-4 in the NCAC. They will next host Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday.