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Sweep defines the bitter-sweet home finale for seniors

Related Topics: Shin Inoue, Pierre Maline

In a Senior Day celebration doubling as the men’s tennis team’s final home match of the season, the Bluejays strung together a 7-0 sweep against Nebraska-Kearney.

On April 7, a Creighton victory marked not only Creighton’s sixth consecutive win, boosting them to 13-6 on the season, but also three seniors’ last time playing at Hanscom Tennis Courts.

Matthew Lanahan, Zach Maline, and Shin Inoue, each of whom sported the Creighton blue all four years of their college career, aided in ending their home careß´†ers with wins across the board.

Setting the tone for the matches to come, Creighton pairings Alejandro Gandini and Yuma Daijima, as well as Inoue and Maline on the next court over, delivered identical 6-2 victories at the No.