Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications

Midwestern State MSU (2-0)

Nebraska Kearney UNK-W (2-2)

Midwestern State MSU

(2-0)

Final

Feb. 20, 2026

Nebraska Kearney UNK-W

(2-2)

Midwestern State MSU (1-1)

Nebraska Kearney UNK-M (5-2)

Midwestern State MSU

(1-1)

Final

Feb. 20, 2026

Nebraska Kearney UNK-M

(5-2)

Next Match:

Rockhurst

2/22/2026 | 9 a.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Feb. 22 (Sun) / 9 a.m.

Rockhurst

History

Recap
Roster

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | 2/20/2026 9:30:00 PM

Men Upset No. 18 Mustangs, Women Almost Beat No. 8

Next Match:

Rockhurst

2/22/2026 | 9 a.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Feb. 22 (Sun) / 9 a.m.

Rockhurst

History

Recap
Roster

#1 Doubles
FINAL	1
Emilia Gyorgy / Selin Sepken [MSU]	6
Klaiber, Hannah / Wartecka, Julia [UNK-W]	0

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Camila Garcia / Jasmine Crain [MSU]	6
Gamboa, Fabiana / Plachy, Clare [UNK-W]	1

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Mala Sullivan / Alessia Dolce [MSU]	1
Zamora, Valentina / Cechanaviciute, Patricija [UNK-W]	6

Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2

#1 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Selin Sepken (10/1) [MSU]	6	6
Cechanaviciute, Patricija (-/12) [UNK-W]	2	2

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Emilia Gyorgy (42/5) [MSU]	7 ⁷	4	0 ⁸
Gamboa, Fabiana [UNK-W]	6 ³	6	1 ¹⁰

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Camila Garcia (-/6) [MSU]	6	6
Wartecka, Julia [UNK-W]	0	1

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Jasmine Crain [MSU]	2	6	0 ⁸
Plachy, Clare [UNK-W]	6	3	1 ¹⁰

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Alessia Dolce [MSU]	6	6
Zamora, Valentina [UNK-W]	2	2

#6 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Mala Sullivan [MSU]	5	2
Klaiber, Hannah [UNK-W]	7	6

Order of Finish: 3, 5, 6, 1, 4, 2

#1 Doubles
FINAL	1
Juan Duque / Bruno Sanchez (11/1) [MSU]	6
Fuentes, Ilan / van den Dungen, Tom [UNK-M]	3

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Matthew Earle / Germano Setti (16/4) [MSU]	3
Melnik, Ivan / Brisdon, Andy (-/4) [UNK-M]	6

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Jose Marquez / Cesar Llamas [MSU]	6 ³
Carpano, Cesare / Strzelecki, Jakub [UNK-M]	7 ⁷

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

#1 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Germano Setti (7/5) [MSU]	7	3	1 ¹⁰
Melnik, Ivan (-/8) [UNK-M]	5	6	0 ⁹

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Juan Duque (-/8) [MSU]	1	4
Brisdon, Andy (35/5) [UNK-M]	6	6

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Bruno Sanchez (-/11) [MSU]	6	6
Carpano, Cesare [UNK-M]	4	4

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Jose Marquez [MSU]	7 ⁷	6
Jaulin, Alex [UNK-M]	6 ⁵	3

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Cesar Llamas [MSU]	4	1
Fuentes, Ilan [UNK-M]	6	6

#6 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Matthew Earle [MSU]	3	4
Strzelecki, Jakub [UNK-M]	6	6

Order of Finish: 5, 2, 4, 6, 3, 1

Kearney, Neb. – The Nebraska Kearney tennis teams were on the opposite ends of 4-3 results against Midwestern (Texas) State, the men upsetting the 18th-ranked Mustangs and the women falling to the nation's eighth-ranked squad Friday at the Ernest Grundy Tennis Center.

The men (5-2) earned one of its biggest wins since the program resumed in 2023 as they jetted out to a 3-0 lead and never looked back.

In doubles, sophomore Ivan Melnik (Germany) and junior Andy Brisdon (U.K.) upset the nation's 16th-ranked pair of Earle/Setti at two (-3) with the team point coming down to number three. There, junior Jakub Strzelecki (Poland) and freshman Cesare Carpano (Italy) rallied from deficits of 4-1 and 6-5 to tie things up. They then control the tie break, 7-3, to win the match.

Freshman Ilan Fuentes (France) and the 35th-ranked Brison won in straight sets at five and two, respectively, with Strzelecki recording the clinch at six (-3, -4). He tallied the final three points in set two.

Earlier in the day, the MSU women (2-0) took the doubles point, not allowing more than a point in any match, then won in straight sets and three and five singles to build a 3-0 lead.

Freshman Hannah Klaiber (Germany) got UNK on the board with a win at six (-5, -2) with both senior Clare Plachy (Lincoln Pius) and junior Fabiana Gamboa (Venezuela) winning in three sets to close out the dual. Plachy got out to a 7-3 lead and hung on for a 10-8 with Gamboa, coming off the injured list, beating 42nd-ranked Emilia Gyorgy by a similar score. She trailed 5-2 and 7-5 but tallied the last two points of the long battle.

UNK hosts the Rockhurst (Mo.) Hawks Sunday at 10 a.m.

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