DES MOINES, Iowa – The Creighton men's tennis opened play at the Bulldog Invite with eight victories on Friday inside the Roger Knapp Tennis Center.
The Bluejays opened the afternoon with a 3-3 showing in doubles as Alejandro Gandini and Matthew Lanahan advanced to the semifinals with a pair of wins. Gandini and Lanahan defeated Omaha's Mikhail Korkunov and Daniel Green, 8-5, in their first match of the day before topping North Dakota's Nikita Snezhko and Gerhard Sullwald, 8-6, in the quarterfinals.
Shin Inoue and Zack Maline teamed up for an 8-5 win over Drake's Will Belvins and Will Ecklund in the Round of 32, but fell to North Dakota's Edmond Aynedjian and Cian McDonnell, 8-4 in the quarterfinal matchup.