Iaquinto Victorious Sunday in DePaul’s Defeat at Indiana

Sunday, February 16

Bloomington, Ind.

11 A.M. CT

DePaul University

Indiana

Iaquinto Victorious Sunday in DePaul’s Defeat at Indiana

2/16/2025 7:15:00 PM | MEN'S TENNIS

Bloomington, Ind. – Senior Matteo Iaquinto's victory at No. 1 singles highlighted an otherwise disatisfying day as DePaul fell 6-1 to unbeaten Indiana Sunday afternoon at the IU Tennis Center.

Despite a 5-4 advantage for Thomas Giles and Pablo Torres Almeida at No. 3 doubles, the Hoosiers claimed the doubles point with wins on courts one and two to take an early 1-0 advantage on the match.

In singles action, Indiana clinched the match with a trio of straight-set victories at No. 5, No. 6 and No. 3. On court two, Torres Almeida forced a match tiebreaker but fell 10-8 as the Hoosiers extended its advantage to 5-0.

Iaquinto won his second-straight match after battling through a back-and-forth first set decided by an 11-9 edge in the tiebreak. The Palmero, Italy native handled Indiana's Deacon Thomas 6-4 in the second set to put the Blue Demons on the board.

On court four, Quang Vinh Nguyen started strong with a 6-3 win in the first set but went on to drop the next two 4-6, 5-7 to close out the match.

Up Next
DePaul will open the home portion of its schedule Feb. 21-22 with a trio of matches as part of the George Lott Classic at XS Tennis Village. The Blue Demons will welcome Belmont, Eastern Kentucky and Northern Illinois to Chicago.

Results
Singles

Matteo Iaquinto (DPU) def. Deacon Thomas (IU) – 7-6 (11-9), 6-4
Jip van Assendelft (IU) def. Pablo Torres Almeida (DPU) – 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 10-8
Ben Pomeranets (IU) def. Tobias Leitner (DPU) – 7-5, 6-3
Sam Scherer (IU) def. Quang Vinh Nguyen (DPU) – 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Braden Gelletich (IU) def. Thomas Giles (DPU) – 6-2, 6-1
Matteo Antonescu (IU) def. Sven Moser – 6-4, 6-3

Doubles

Jip van Assendelft/Michael Andre (IU) def. Jona Gitschel/Tobias Leitner (DPU), 6-4
Sam Scherer/Matteo Antonescu (IU) def. Matteo Iaquinto/Quang Vinh Nguyen (DPU), 6-3
Thomas Giles/Pablo Torres Almeida (DPU) vs. Ben Pomeranets/Braeden Gelletich (IU), 5-4 unfinished