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Men's Tennis

SHU Men's Tennis Beats Siena & Saint Peter's

FAIRFIELD, CT (February 27, 2012) - The Sacred Heart men's tennis team picked-up a pair of wins over the weekend, beating Siena, 5-2, and Saint Peter's, 5-2, to improve to 3-2 in dual match play this spring.  The Pioneers have now won three-straight.

Senior Chadd Sullo (Orange, CT) and junior John Lopresti (Syosset, NY) each picked up a pair of singles wins over the weekend.  In doubles play, the team of Logan Mohring () and Luka Bagi (Branford, CT) posted a pair of victories in the wins.

In the Siena match, Sullo and Justin Pagan (Flushing, NY) won at #3 doubles, 8-6, over Dylan Roberts and Matthew Funiciello.  Mohring and Bagi gave the Pioneers the doubles point by beating Jarrett Siwiec and Darren Reisch, 8-6.

Sullo led the singles charge with a win at #1, 7-5 and 6-3 over Peter Collins.  Pagan, Lopresti and Bagi swept their #4 through #6 singles matches for the team win.  Pagan beat Siwiec at #4, 6-4 and 7-5.  Lopresti won a three-set battle with Reisch taking the first set 6-3 and rebounding from a 7-6 loss in set two with a 10-7 deciding win.  Bagi posted a 6-3 and 6-2 win at #6 over Funiciello.

On Sunday, Sullo notched a 6-3 and 6-1 win over Alex Frakes of Saint Peter's at #1.  Pagan and Lopresti won at #4 and #5.  Pagan beat Luccas Coutinho in a three set battle, losting in the first 7-5 then rebounding to win 7-5 and 7-6.  Lopresti also battled his way through three sets with Nicholas De Lima Goulart, losing 6-4 in the first and then ripping off 6-1 and 6-1 wins.

Bagi and Mohring won at #2 doubles beating Coutinho and Carlos Carrera, 8-6.  SHU grabbed the doubles point thanks to a walk-over win by Pagan and Lopresti.  In singles, Bagi was awarded a walkover win at #6.

The Pioneers are next in action hosting Hofstra on Saturday, March 10th at Yale University.

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Players Mentioned

Luka Bagi

Luka Bagi

Sophomore
John Lopresti

John Lopresti

Junior
Logan Mohring

Logan Mohring

Junior
Justin Pagan

Justin Pagan

First Year
Chadd Sullo

Chadd Sullo

Senior

Players Mentioned

Luka Bagi

Luka Bagi

Sophomore
John Lopresti

John Lopresti

Junior
Logan Mohring

Logan Mohring

Junior
Justin Pagan

Justin Pagan

First Year
Chadd Sullo

Chadd Sullo

Senior