Men's Tennis Defeats UC Davis
3/28/2008 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S TENNIS
FRESNO, Calif. The DePaul men’s tennis team posted a 5-2 neutral-court victory over UC Davis on Friday. The Blue Demons took the doubles point before topping the Aggies in four singles matches at the Walthen Tennis Center.
Junior Austin Doerner and sophomore Alasdair Graetz opened the dual with an 8-2 victory over Henri Landes and Justin Garcia in the top doubles match. Doerner and Graetz are now 6-1 on the season when paired at No. 1 doubles. Junior Jose Moncada and freshman Ben Hartman notched an 8-6 win over Nic Amaroli and Kevin Liang at No. 3 doubles.
Moncada and Doerner gave the Blue Demons two more points in the top singles matches. Moncada cruised past Landes, 6-1, 6-2, in the No. 1 match, while Doerner posted a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Garcia at No. 2 singles.
Hartman earned his 17th singles win of the spring with a 6-4, 6-4 triumph over Daniel Elefant at No. 4 singles, while Graetz topped Tyler Lee, 6-0, 6-1, in the No. 5 match.
UC Davis falls to 8-6 on the season with the loss.
DePaul (12-7, 2-0 BIG EAST) returns to competition tomorrow with a dual against No. 52 Fresno State. The Blue Demons challenge the Bulldogs at noon (CST) at the Walthen Tennis Center.
DePaul 5, UC Davis 2
Doubles
No. 1 Doerner/Graetz (DePaul) def. Landes/Garcia (UC Davis) 8-2
No. 2 Elefant/Reiser (UC Davis) def. Jozwiak/Grgec (DePaul) 8-3
No. 3 Moncada/Hartman (DePaul) def. Amaroli/Liang (UC Davis) 8-6
Singles
No. 1 Jose Moncada (DePaul) def. Henri Landes (UC Davis) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 Austin Doerner (DePaul) def. Justin Garcia (UC Davis) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 Nick Lopez (UC Davis) def. Vanja Grgec (DePaul) 6-4, 3-6, 10-7
No. 4 Ben Hartman (DePaul) def. Daniel Elefant (UC Davis) 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 Alasdair Graetz (DePaul) def. Tyler Lee (UC Davis) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Hunter Lee (UC Davis) def. Bartosz Jozwiak (DePaul) 1-6, 7-6, 10-7