Men's Tennis Opens GPAC Play with a 6-1 Victory Over Hastings

David Bomgaars and Leandro Costa record 10th doubles win of the season

HASTINGS, Neb. – The Northwestern College men's tennis team (8-5, 1-0 GPAC) opened the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) slate Friday afternoon in the state of Nebraska, picking up a 6-1 dominant win over the Broncos of Hastings College (1-9, 0-2 GPAC) to start the weekend.

Northwestern opened the match with a sweep in doubles play, using the traditional line-up of the last few matches. With their 6-3 wins at No. 1, David Bomgaars (So., Aurora, Colo.) and Leandro Costa (Fr., Caratinga, Brazil) tally their 10^th double win of the season for the Red Raiders.

The first three singles matches, No. 1-3, were relatively quick and resulted in three Northwestern victories, doing so securing the victory, leading 4-0 at the time. Costa, defeating Hastings' Thane Waite (6-2, 6-4), tallies his team-leading eighth victory of the season, improving to 8-3. Five of those wins now coming at the No. 3 slot, including the victory today.

At No. 2, Bomgaars sits not far behind Costa, tallying his seventh win of the season (7-4) with a dominant 6-0, 6-1 win over Ryan Hunter. Brian VandenBerg (Sr., Mason City, Iowa) notched a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 1.

Rounding out the victories were Arthur Vincente (Fr., Sao Paulo, Brazil) (6-2, 6-4) at No. 3 and Collin Harmelink (So., Sioux Falls, S.D.) (6-1, 6-1) at No. 6.

Up Next: Northwestern will remain in the state of Nebraska for a Saturday GPAC clash with the Tigers of Doane University (6-10, 1-0 GPAC) tomorrow afternoon in Crete, Neb.

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Players Mentioned

David Bomgaars: Sophomore

Collin Harmelink: Sophomore

Brian VandenBerg: Senior

Arthur Vicente: Freshman

Leandro Costa: Freshman

Players Mentioned

David Bomgaars
: Sophomore

Collin Harmelink
: Sophomore

Brian VandenBerg
: Senior

Arthur Vicente
: Freshman

Leandro Costa
: Freshman