Men's Tennis Plays Twice This Weekend

Wildcats Host Le Moyne, Visit Edinboro

THE SERVE: The Daemen College men's tennis team continues non-conference play when they host East Region rival Le Moyne College on Saturday and travel southwest to face Edinboro University on Sunday.

Saturday, February 27 (at Miller Tennis Center - Williamsville, N.Y.)

Daemen vs. Le Moyne, 6:30 p.m.

Miller Tennis Center Details

Sunday, February 28 (at Westwood Racquet Club - Erie, Pa.)

Daemen at Edinboro, 5:00 p.m.
Westwood Racquet Club Details

DAEMEN GROUND STROKES (2-6, 0-0 ECC)

Daemen returns 11 players from its 2014-15 roster which achieved a record of 7-16, including a 1-5 mark in East Coast Conference play
In addition to the returners, the Wildcats welcome four fresh faces to the mix this season
The Wildcats were voted tied for fifth in the ECC preseason poll released in late January
The Wildcats went 1-2 in dual matches during their abbreviated fall season, closing with a 9-0 shutout of Houghton
Daemen will play five of their first nine matches this spring at home before venturing on the road for eight-straight
Daemen blanked Elmira 9-0 at home on Feb. 6 in the team's opening match of the spring season
Daemen enters this weekend's matches looking to snap a four-match slide following non-league losses to Hillsdale (9-0), Grand Valley State (9-0), Cedarville (6-3) and Mercyhurst (9-0)
Sophomore Mark Veitengruber, the team's MVP a season ago, leads the team with nine singles victories in 15 matches
Redshirt-freshman Andrew LeMar has also made an immediate impact, going 7-8 in singles play thus far
Veteran Gregory Lowe was scratched from singles competition in both matches last weekend due to an illness, but he's expected to return to action this week
Freshman Justin Milner made his season debut in the loss to Cedarville after battling injuries throughout the fall; he's likely to team with Veitengruber in the No. 2 doubles slot this weekend

LE MOYNE GROUND STROKES (0-6, 0-2 NE-10)

Le Moyne is a member of the Northeast-10 Conference
The Dolphins are led by first-year head coach Jeff Lonczak, a 2003 Le Moyne graduate
The Dolphins are coming off a 2014-15 season in which they posted a 7-11 overall record and a 5-5 mark in NE-10 play to claim the sixth seed in conference championship, where they were fell to Stonehill, 5-1
Le Moyne's seven-man roster features one freshmen, two sophomores, three juniors and one senior
Junior Benjamin Spoor, a second-team All-Conference selection at fourth singles last season, and sophomores Hallam Doney and Jason Barton, third-team All-Conference selections at second doubles, headline the Dolphins' returners
Doney also earned a spot on the NE-10 All-Rookie Team
Le Moyne is looking for its first win of the season after playing a tough early-season schedule that included losses to Division I opponents Colgate (9-0) and Bucknell (9-0)
Doney and senior Stephane Legris lead the team with two singles victories this season
In doubles action, two pairs have tied for one win; Doney and junior James Gayvert, and Spoor and freshman Tyler Underwood

EDINBORO STATE GROUND STROKES (6-0, 0-0 PSAC)

Edinboro is a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
The Fighting Scots are led by third-year head coach Lee Underwood who has guided EU to a 35-16 record over his first two seasons
Underwood is in the 22^nd season of his coaching career; prior to Edinboro, he coached at both West Virginia Wesleyan and Davis & Elkins, compiling a career record of 386-302
EU won the 2015 PSAC championship, and made it to the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional where they lost to Bluefield State
The Fighting Scots are 6-0 this season, with four of their six wins coming at home
Three of their six wins have been 9-0 shutouts
Sophomore Vitor Albanese, who led the team in singles wins with 16 last season, currently leads the team in victories, winning 13 of his 14 singles matches
Freshman Mauricio Santos is not far behind Albanese, with an 8-4 singles record thus far
The doubles team of sophomore Daniel Fernandez and freshman Mateus Santos lead Edinboro with a 7-3 record, including a 5-1 mark in second doubles

ALL-TIME SERIES NOTES

Saturday's match marks the fourth all-time meeting and the fourth-straight season that Daemen and Le Moyne have met
- The Dolphins have prevailed in each of the three previous meetings
Sunday's match marks the third all-time meeting in four seasons between Daemen and Edinboro
- The Wildcats have lost the previous two meetings to the Fighting Scots

UP NEXT FOR DAEMEN: Daemen will host Niagara University at the Miller Tennis Center on March 6^th at 11:30 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Joey Gentile: 5' 9"; Senior

Adam Kerr: 5' 11"; Junior

Andrew LeMar: 5' 7"; Redshirt Freshman

John LeMar: 5' 10"; Junior

Gregory Lowe: 5' 9"; Senior

Mark Veitengruber: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Justin Milner: 5' 11"; Freshman

David Gonzalez Villegas: 5' 6"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Joey Gentile
: 5' 9"; Senior

Adam Kerr
: 5' 11"; Junior

Andrew LeMar
: 5' 7"; Redshirt Freshman

John LeMar
: 5' 10"; Junior

Gregory Lowe
: 5' 9"; Senior

Mark Veitengruber
: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Justin Milner
: 5' 11"; Freshman

David Gonzalez Villegas
: 5' 6"; Freshman