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A new champion was assured to be crowned in the ITA Division II Men’s Team Indoors.

West Florida and Washburn were each appearing in the championship match for the first time. Washburn had never even qualified for the national indoors before this season.

In the first meeting between the programs, No. 7 seed West Florida beat No. 8 Washburn 4-0 in the championship match on Sunday afternoon at UIndy Tennis Center in Indianapolis.

West Florida (4-0) clinched the doubles point for the first time over the weekend as Diego Duran and Sebastian Rondon beat Matthew Earle and Tim Hammes 6-2 on court one and Albin Ekenros and Miguel Cabrera beat Tommaso Cecchetti and Vaclav Schneider 6-3 on court two.

In singles, Ekenros beat Earle 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 5 spot, Rondon rebounded from a second-set blanking to beat Schneider 6-3, 0-6, 6-2 and Sebastian Sotelo beat Pavlos Parson 6-4, 6-1 at the No. 3 spot to clinch the title.

West Florida upset No. 2 Flagler 4-2 in the quarterfinals and No. 3 Barry 4-3 in the semifinals.

Washburn (5-1) rallied from a 3-0 deficit to upset No. 1 Saint Leo 4-3 in the quarterfinals and swept No. 5 Rollins College 4-0 in the semifinals.

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About Rhiannon Potkey

Rhiannon Potkey is a veteran sportswriter with more than two decades of experience in journalism. Potkey has covered many sports at many levels and has a passion for finding great stories. Potkey has covered the U.S. Open, junior sectional and national events, college conference championships and Davis Cup matches. Potkey is currently Content Strategist for Tennis Recruiting. You can reach Rhiannon by email at rhiannon@tennisrecruiting.net.