Men's Tennis Defeats Villanova in BIG EAST Consolation Play
4/21/2007 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S TENNIS
2007 BIG EAST Championship Central
TAMPA, Fla. – The DePaul men’s tennis team rolled past Villanova, 4-0, on Saturday during consolation play of the 2007 BIG EAST Championship. The fourth-seeded Blue Demons took the doubles point before clinching the dual with three singles victories over the eighth-seeded Wildcats.
DePaul opened the dual by winning the top two doubles matches. Jose Moncada and Austin Doerner posted an 8-6 win over Dimitri Chimerakis and Sean Daly in the top flight, while George Wang and Alasdair Graetz topped Scott Fahrendorf and Brian Maher, 8-5, at No. 2.
Doerner gave the Blue Demons a point at No. 2 singles with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Maher. Graetz knocked off Chimerakis, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 4 singles before Jose Moncada clinched the dual for DePaul with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Fahrendorf at No. 3 singles.
Jack Komar, Wang and Grgec did not finish their singles matches as the Blue Demons sealed the victory.
DePaul (18-6) finishes consolation play on Sunday with an 8 a.m. (CST) dual against sixth-seeded
(4) DePaul 4, (8) Villanova 0
Doubles
No. 1-Moncada/Doerner (DePaul) def. Chimerakis/Daly (Villanova) 8-6
No. 2-Wang/Graetz (DePaul) def. Fahrendorf/Maher (Villanova) 8-5
No. 3-Leeser/Farmer (Villanova) def. Wilson/Grgec (DePaul) 8-1
Singles
No. 1-George Wang (DePaul) vs. Sean Daly (Villanova) 6-0, 2-4 DNF
No. 2-Austin Doerner (DePaul) def. Brian Maher (Villanova) 6-3, 6-2
No. 3-Jose Moncada (DePaul) def. Scott Fahrendorf (Villanova) 6-4, 7-5
No. 4-Alasdair Graetz (DePaul) def. Dimitri Chimerakis (Villanova) 6-3, 6-3
No. 5-Vanja Grgec (DePaul) vs. Brett Tobin (Villanova) 6-4, 4-2 DNF
No. 6-Jack Komar (DePaul) vs. Alex Leeser (Villanova) 6-3, 3-6, 3-0 DNF