Freshman Will Pelak and junior Ryan Waldon took an 8-5 victory in the championship match of third doubles Sunday afternoon in the 2008 Kerry Seward Memorial Tennis Tournament at Wabash College. Pelak added a second place finish at number one singles, while juniors Jay Horrey and Sean Clerget took second place at second doubles. Wabash finished fourth out of eight teams in the tourney.
Pelak and Waldon won two matches Saturday to advance to Sunday's championship match. The pair opened with an 8-2 win over Hanover's Aaron Williams and Ben Voorhorst. An 8-5 victory over Brent Parshall and Chris Atallah from Albion in the semifinals sent Pelak and Waldon to the finals. The duo defeated Vincennes University's Jaime Esteban and Tony Kanavos to win the tournament.
Horrey and Clerget won an 8-2 decision over Chris Dohner and Todd Anderson from Ohio Northern in the first round. The Wabash duo claimed a spot in the finals with their 9-8 (4) win in the semis over Lee Gammon and Collin St. Clair from Transylvania before losing 8-3 to Andrew Lulek and Ben Miller from Albion.
Pelak also took second in number one singles by opening with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Transylvania's Parker Gregory. A three-set 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win against Micah Scott from Ohio Northern in the semis put Pelak up against Vincennes University's David Jackson. Pelak battled Jackson, who will attend Florida A&M on a tennis scholarship next season, through the first set before falling 7-5. Jackson scored a 6-0 win in the final set to take the title.
Horrey and Ryan Tennyson each earned fifth place finishes in singles play. Horrey was 1-2 in third singles, while Tennyson posted the same record at fourth singles.
Wabash scored 42 points overall. Vincennes won the tournament with 69 points. Coe (44 points) had two players in first place finals matches to win a team tiebreaker over Albion (44 points) for third place. Carthage (38) was fifth, followed by Transylvania (36), Ohio Northern (35), and Hanover (16).