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Sacred Heart
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Quinnipiac University
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Men's Tennis Takes Down Quinnipiac 4-3
2/28/2022 10:17:00 AM | Men's Tennis
SHU gets first win over Quinnipiac since 2011
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. – For the first time since 2011, the Sacred Heart University men's tennis team topped in-state foe Quinnipiac, 4-3, on Sunday night.
SHU's second-straight victory moves its record to 3-7.
The two teams each grabbed a doubles win before Matyas Vencl and Ayman Khan solidified the point for the Pioneers. The tandem overcame their opponent in the tiebreaker, 7(4)-6.
The Pioneers grabbed in first and third singles thanks to William Wibmer and Vencl, but fell in fourth, fifth, and sixth singles. With the team score tied at three-all, the match came down to Lefteri Apostolou in second singles. After winning the first set tiebreaker, the sophomore came back from a 4-1 deficit to force a second tiebreaker and clinched the match, 7-4.
Sacred Heart takes a week off before hitting the courts again on Tuesday, March 8 in Orlando, Fla. Against Radford.
Singles Competition
SHU's second-straight victory moves its record to 3-7.
The two teams each grabbed a doubles win before Matyas Vencl and Ayman Khan solidified the point for the Pioneers. The tandem overcame their opponent in the tiebreaker, 7(4)-6.
The Pioneers grabbed in first and third singles thanks to William Wibmer and Vencl, but fell in fourth, fifth, and sixth singles. With the team score tied at three-all, the match came down to Lefteri Apostolou in second singles. After winning the first set tiebreaker, the sophomore came back from a 4-1 deficit to force a second tiebreaker and clinched the match, 7-4.
Sacred Heart takes a week off before hitting the courts again on Tuesday, March 8 in Orlando, Fla. Against Radford.
Singles Competition
- William Wibmer (SHU) Def. Ayato Arakaki (QU): 6-2, 6-4
- Lefteri Apostolou (SHU) Def. Javier Casasolas Monllor (QU): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
- Matyas Vencl (SHU) Def. Kemal Karagozoglu (QU): 6-4, 6-3
- Shaurya Sood (QU) Def. Kevin Chao (SHU): 6-3, 6-4
- Alester Magalit (QU) Def. Antoine Hernandez (SHU): 7-5, 6-1
- Donovan Brown (QU) Def. Philip Lynch (SHU): 6-3, 6-2
- Wibmer/Apostolou (SHU) Def. Shaurya Sood/Javier Casasolas Monllor (QU): 6-4
- Alester Magalit/Kemal Karagozoglu (QU) Def. Chao/Lynch (SHU): 6-3
- Vencl/Khan (SHU) Def. Ayato Arakaki/Yasha Laskin (QU): 7-6
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Ayato Arakaki / 0 [QU-M]
24
#2 Singles Match
12
77
Javier C Monllor / 0 [QU-M]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
66
Kemal Karagozoglu / 0 [QU-M]
43
#4 Singles Match
12
34
Shaurya Sood / 0 [QU-M]
66
#5 Singles Match
12
51
Alester Magalit / 0 [QU-M]
76
#6 Singles Match
12
32
Donovan Brown / 0 [QU-M]
66
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