Freshman Justin Milner has come back from injury to make three appearances in doubles action recently

Men's Tennis 3/18/2016 9:40:00 AM

Men's Tennis Begins Road Stretch In The Mountain State This Weekend

THE SERVE: The Daemen College men's tennis team begins a string of eight consecutive road contests by visiting West Virginia Wesleyan College and Davis and Elkins College for a pair of dual matches this weekend.

Saturday, March 19 (at Ridgeview Racquet Club - Morgantown, W. Va.)

Daemen at West Virginia Wesleyan, 3 p.m.

Ridgeview Racquet Club Details

Sunday, March 20 (at Ridgeview Racquet Club - Morgantown, W. Va.)

Daemen at Davis & Elkins, 11 a.m.

Ridgeview Racquet Club Details

DAEMEN GROUND STROKES
RECORD:	2-9, 0-0 ECC

COACH:	Stephen Beatty (16-41 overall record, third season)

LINKS:	Roster \| Schedule \| Stats

INFO:	Daemen returns 11 players from its 2014-15 roster which achieved an overall 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 blanked Elmira 9-0 at home on Feb. 6 in the team's opening match of the spring season, but have suffered through seven consecutive losses heading into this weekend, including close defeats to Cedarville (6-3), Le Moyne (6-3) and Niagara (5-3) The loss to Niagara came in the Wildcats' last match on Mar. 6, and it was the program's first-ever dual match against an NCAA Division I opponent Sophomore Mark Veitengruber, the team's MVP a season ago, leads the team with 11 singles victories in 18 matches Redshirt-freshman Andrew LeMar has also made an immediate impact, going 7-11 in singles play thus far The brother tandem of John LeMar and Andrew LeMar have teamed up to go 2-2 in doubles action since pairing together in the last four matches

WHAT'S NEXT:	Daemen opens East Coast Conference play by visiting Queens College on April 1.

PROJECTED LINEUP:	Singles
	1. Mark Veitengruber (So., Rockford, Mich.)	Season Record: 11-7
	2. Joey Gentile (Sr., East Amherst, N.Y.)	Season Record: 1-12
	3. Andrew LeMar (R-Fr., North Tonawanda, N.Y.)	Season Record: 7-11
	4. Gregory Lowe (Sr., East Aurora, N.Y.)	Season Record: 3-7
	5. John LeMar (Jr., North Tonawanda, N.Y.)	Season Record: 4-10
	6. Adam Kerr (Jr., Penfield, N.Y.)	Season Record: 2-9

	Doubles
	1. Mark Veitengruber / Justin Milner (Fr., Ithaca, N.Y.)	Season Record: 1-2
	2. Gregory Lowe / Joey Gentile	Season Record: 2-5
	3. John LeMar / Andrew LeMar	Season Record: 2-2

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WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN GROUND STROKES
RECORD:	11-1, 3-0 MEC

COACH:	Marc Walters (505-269 overall record, 19 seasons \| 44-23 record at WVW, 3 seasons)

LINKS:	Roster \| Schedule

INFO:	West Virginia Wesleyan is a member of the Mountain East Conference WVW has advanced to the MEC tournament finals in each of the last two seasons since joining the league, winning the conference title in 2013-14 The Bobcats were picked second in the MEC preseason poll behind defending league champion West Liberty The Bobcats went a perfect 3-0 in the abbreviated fall season, and have won seven consecutive matches heading into this weekend The lone blemish on WVW's schedule thus far was 5-4 loss to Division I Longwood on Feb. 28 Six of the Bobcats' 11 victories have come via shutout WVW is coming off an 8-1 victory over Davis & Elkins on Thursday

WHAT'S NEXT:	The Bobcats visit West Liberty on Sunday, March 20 for a Mountain East Conference match

PROJECTED LINEUP:	Singles
	1. Nathan Sabate (Jr., Lleida, Spain)	Season Record: N/A
	2. Jacobo Rendon (So., Guayaquil, Ecuador)	Season Record: N/A
	3. Ramon Rodriguez (So., Porlamar, Venezuela)	Season Record: N/A
	4. Ferran Berga (So., Barcelona, Spain)	Season Record: N/A
	5. Pedro Nassar (So., Margarita, Venezuela)	Season Record: N/A
	6. Tim Stephens (Jr., Gawler, Australia)	Season Record: N/A

	Doubles
	1. Ferran Berga / Nathan Sabate	Season Record: N/A
	2. Ramon Rodriguez / Pedro Nassar	Season Record: N/A
	3. Jacobo Rendon / Andre Fernandes (Sr., Salvador, Brazil)	Season Record: N/A

DAVIS & ELKINS GROUND STROKES
RECORD:	4-6, 0-0 GMAC

COACH:	Otis Cutshaw (39-55, seventh season)

LINKS:	Roster \| Schedule

INFO:	Davis & Elkins is a member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference D&E is the two-time defending GMAC champions, and they achieved an overall record of 7-9 in the 2014-15 season The Senators went 2-0 during the abbreviated fall campaign, but are just 2-6 thus far in the spring season Victories this spring have come against Indiana-East (9-0) and St. Joseph's (Ind.) (5-4) The Senators have lost two consecutive matches heading into this weekend, including an 8-1 defeat to West Virginia Wesleyan on Thursday D&E plays against Virginia-Wise on Saturday before hosting Daemen on Sunday

WHAT'S NEXT:	The Senators host Charleston in a non-conference match on Monday, March 21.

PROJECTED LINEUP:	Singles
	1. Vincent Hamon (Jr., Saint Barthelemy, France)	Season Record: N/A
	2. Jack Clifton (Fr., Purley, United Kingdom)	Season Record: N/A
	3. Pierre Baudier (Jr., France)	Season Record: N/A
	4. Thomas Judd (Sr., Leicester, United Kingdom)	Season Record: N/A
	5. Samuel Vallieres (So., Montreal, Canada)	Season Record: N/A
	6. Tristram Spitsnaugle (So., Vienna, W. Va.)	Season Record: N/A

	Doubles
	1. Thomas Judd / Samuel Vallieres	Season Record: N/A
	2. Jack Clifton / Pierre Baudier	Season Record: N/A
	3. Vincent Hamon / Tristram Spitsnaugle	Season Record: N/A

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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

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