By Ron Smith
February 12, 2021
 
(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) Westmont Men's Tennis started the 2021 season by hosting NCAA Division II Concordia on Wednesday at the Abbott Tennis Courts. The Eagles defeated the Warriors 6-1.
 
Concordia collected the doubles point by claiming wins on courts one and two. At number one, Concordia's Yassine Smiej and Mike Jansen defeated Ethan Ha and Callen Hein 6-1. On the number two court, Jan Simon and Patrick Wong posted a 6-2 win over Logan Thompson and Benjamine Saito.
 
The number three doubles court, however, saw Westmont triumph with Matthew Alleman and Sebastian Vethan recording a 6-2 win over Sofian Taybei Alaoui and Gertjan De Wilder.
 
In singles play, Westmont's lone win came on court three when Hein defeated Jansen. Hein won the first set 6-3, but Jansen evened things up with a 7-5 score. In a super tiebreaker, Hein prevailed 12-10.
 
At number one singles, Smiej defeated Logan 6-1, 6-3 while at number two Wong posted a 6-4, 6-3 win over Ha.
 
Simon claimed a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win over Alleman on four and Taybei Alaoui defeated Saito 60-61 on court five. Over on court six, Giuliano Maderner defeated Vethan 6-4, 6-3.
 
Westmont will next play on Friday, February 18 at Saint Katherine.