Men's Tennis News Releases
Freshmen Brassel, Russikoff go 3-0 at No. 1 doubles
Coming up - Saturday, Jan. 30, at Pella, vs. University of Nebraska-Omaha, 11:30 a.m., vs. Central, 2:30 p.m.
Ram rewind - Cornell concluded its non-traditional fall season with a 1-2 record after three tightly-contested duals last week.
The Rams fell 5-4 to Quincy in a home dual Sept. 23. Cornell split a pair of matches Sunday in Rock Island, Ill., taking a 5-4 victory over St. Ambrose and dropping a 6-3 decision to host Augustana.
Cornell's No. 1 doubles team of freshmen Bronson Brassel (Topeka, Kan./Washburn Rural) and Garrett Russikoff (Stevenson Ranch, Calif./William S. Hart) finished a perfect 3-0. The tandem prevailed in a pair of close matches, winning 9-8 over St. Ambrose and 9-7 against Augustana.
Brassel went 2-1 at No. 1 singles while senior John Mineck (Cedar Rapids/Kennedy) posted a 2-1 mark competing at No. 4 and 5 singles. Senior Brandon Wolff (Keokuk/Keokuk) won both of his matches at No. 6 singles.
The young Rams showed early signs of improvement despite having a total of 10 freshmen and sophomores on this year's roster. Cornell avenged two losses from last year against St. Ambrose (both 6-3 defeats) and battled tough with Quincy after getting shut out by the Hawks 9-0 last spring.
Cornell resumes competition Jan. 30 with a double dual in Pella.
Augustana 6, Cornell 3 (Sept. 27, at Rock Island, Ill)
Singles-Bronson Brassel (Cor) def. Will Palmer 6-4, 6-1; Adam Desimone (Aug) def. Garrett Russikoff 4-6, 7-6, 10-3; Jack Cullen (Aug) def. Kristofer Adresen 6-1, 6-4; Chris Mullin (Aug) def. John Mineck 4-6, 10-7; Nik Lehnert (Aug) def. Justin Bradfield 6-4, 6-1; Tyler Shonwiler (Cor) def. Kurtis Carls 6-3, 1-0, retired; Doubles - Brassel/Russikoff (Cor) def. Mullin/Desimore 9-7; Palmer/Cullen (Aug) def. Andresen/Mineck 8-1; Kyle Doyle/Lehnert (Aug) def. Shonkwiler/Neal Klauer 8-4.
Cornell 5, St. Ambrose 4 (Sept. 27, at Rock Island, Ill)
Singles - 1. Luke Ebener (SAU) def. Brassel 6-2, 6-3; 2. Russikoff (Cor) def. Mike Medchill 6-0, 6-2; 3. Ryan Vretis (SAU) def. Andersen 6-3, 6-2; 4. Luke Wood (Sau) def. Klauer 6-4, 6-2; 5. Mineck (Cor) def. Nick Goodknight 6-2, 2-6, 10-5; 6. Wolff (Cor) def. Mike Harts 6-0, 6-4; Doubles - Brassel/Russikoff (Cor) def. Ebener/Medchill 9-8(7-4); Vretis/Wood (SAU) def. Anderson/Klauer 8-2; Mineck/Bradfield (Cor) def. Harts/Andrew Roos 8-5.
Quincy 5, Cornell 4 (Sept. 23, at Mount Vernon)
Singles-Brassel (Cor) def. Rodrigo Marroquin 6-3, 6-4; Baxter Crace (QU) def. Russikoff 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Alonso Marroquin (QU) def. Andersen 6-0, 7-5; John Irish (QU) def. Klauer 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Mineck (Cor) def. Jeff Terry 6-2, 6-3; Wolff (Cor) def. Jacob Lord 6-4, 6-1; Doubles - Brassel/Russikoff (Cor) def. Grace/Marroquin 8-1; Irish/Terry (QU) def. Anderson/Mineck 8-6; Marroquin/Lord (QU) def. Klauer/Wolff 8-2.
