West Long Branch, N.J. – The Le Moyne College men's tennis team fell in its first dual match of the season, 4-3, to Monmouth University on Friday afternoon at the MU Tennis Courts.
Monmouth took a 1-0 lead in the match by claiming the point in the doubles competition. Santiago Ledesma and Luka Sauer Jimenez were victorious at the top spot over second years
Gabriel Segubiense (Sugar Land, Texas/Clements) and
Carlo Zucchini (Varese, Italy/European School of Varese), 6-2. Axel Engstrom and Enaut Garcia clinched the point for the Hawks with a 6-4 win at third position over third years
Callum Matthew (Dorset, England/Highcliffe School) and
Navya Verma (Patiala, India/Apollo Public School). Fifth year
Adrian Daniel (Tel Aviv, Israel/Tichonet/Montana State) and third year
Luke Hoyland (Sheffield, England/Birkdale School) won at the second spot, 6-4, over Aidan Miller and Oleksandr Vysochenko.
The teams split the six matches in the singles competition. Engstrom put his team up 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at the third spot over Daniel. Segubiense got the Dolphins on the scoreboard with back-to-back scores of 6-4 over Miller at the fifth position. Third year
Lorenzo Bortolaso (Bassano del Grappa, Italy/IT IS Enrico Fermi) tied the score at two apiece by downing James Anzalone, 6-4, 6-0, at the sixth spot. Sauer Jimenez put the Hawks back in front with a 6-2, 7-5 victory at the second position over Matthew. Zucchini defeated Vysochenko at the top spot, 6-3, 6-4, to even the match at three each. Garcia clinched the match with a 7-6 (2-0), 4-6, 13-11 victory at the fourth position over first year
Justin Barrett (Kaohsiung, Taiwan/Liverpool).
The Dolphins close out the Fall season on Saturday hosting Iona University at 6:00 p.m. at Elevate Fitness in DeWitt.
