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George Washington Rallies to Defeat DePaul
2/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S TENNIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The 65th-ranked DePaul men's tennis team dropped a tough 4-3 decision to George Washington on Sunday evening in Washington, D.C.
The Blue Demons drop to 7-4 with the loss while the Colonels improve to 4-6.
DePaul led 3-1 in the match but ultimately fell to George Washington, which picked up all four of its points in singles play. The Blue Demons held a 1-0 advantage after doubles play; Sten Leusink and Kyle Johnson defeated Chris Fletcher and Chris Reynolds, 8-6, at No. 2 singles and Alex Galoustian teamed up with Nathan de Veer to knock off Cahit Kapukiran and Christos Hadjigeorgiou, 8-5.
But the Blue Demons only found two additional points in the match, coming from their No. 4 and 5 singles players. Galoustian remained perfect this spring, knocking off Reynolds, 6-4, 6-3, and Johnson notched a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Kapukiran at No. 5 singles.
Leusink (No. 2), de Veer (No. 3) and Jan-Willem Feilzer (No. 6) each lost hard-fought three-set singles matches.
DePaul next takes the court on March 6-7 at the HEB Invitational in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Match Results
Singles
1. Zelenkov def. Vieyra, 6-3, 6-2
2. Dias def. Leusink, 7-6 (0), 6-7 (3), 6-4
3. Fletcher def. de Veer, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1)
4. Galoustian def. Reynolds, 6-4, 6-3
5. Johnson def. Kapukiran, 7-5, 7-5
6. Hadjigeorgiou def. Feilzer, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (2)
Doubles
1. Diaz/Zelenkov def. Vieyra/Feilzer, 8-4
2. Leusink/Johnson def. Fletcher/Reynolds, 8-6
3. Galoustian/de Veer def. Kapukiran/Hadjigeorgiou, 8-5
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