Roberto Zambrano and the Wildcats do battle with the league favorites this weekend

Men's Tennis 4/15/2016 9:30:00 AM

Men's Tennis Returns Home To Host ECC Favorites

Wildcats Looking To Upset NYIT For First League Win Of The Season

THE SERVE: The Daemen College men's tennis team returns home for the first time since early March to play host to N.Y. Institute of Technology in an East Coast Conference dual-match.

Saturday, April 16 (at Sweet Home HS Courts - Amherst, N.Y.)

Daemen vs. N.Y. Institute of Technology, 1 p.m.

Venue Information: Courts are located behind Sweet Home High School at 1901 Sweet Home Road, Amherst, N.Y. 14228

DAEMEN GROUND STROKES
RECORD:	4-15, 0-3 ECC

COACH:	Stephen Beatty (18-47 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 snapped a 13-match skid last weekend and have won two straight matches heading into Saturday's showdown with NYIT The skid-halting 6-1 defeat of Coppin State last Friday evening was also Daemen's first-ever wn against an NCAA Division I opponent The Wildcats followed that up with a tight 5-4 win at University of the Sciences this past Sunday which snapped a string of seven consecutive losses in matches decided by three points or less For his efforts, redshirt-freshman Andrew LeMar was named the ECC Rookie of the Week after going 2-1 in singles play, while adding a doubles victory as well in the match against Coppin State Daemen has dropped six matches to NCAA Tournament teams from last season Sophomore Mark Veitengruber, the team's MVP a season ago, leads the team with 12 singles victories, while Lemar ranks second with 10 wins Freshman David Gonzalez Villegas returned recently after recovering from an injury, and his presence has lengthened the Wildcat lineup; he is 3-3 in singles play since returning In doubles play, junior John LeMar leads the team with nine victories while Joey Gentile, Gregory Lowe and Andrew LeMar all have eight

WHAT'S NEXT:	Daemen visits Millersville on Monday for a non-conference macth.

PROJECTED LINEUP:	Singles
	1. Mark Veitengruber (So., Rockford, Mich.)	Season Record: 12-14
	2. Joey Gentile (Sr., East Amherst, N.Y.)	Season Record: 1-19
	3. David Gonzalez Villegas (Fr., Pereira, Colombia)	Season Record: 5-7
	4. Andrew LeMar (R-Fr., North Tonawanda, N.Y.)	Season Record: 10-16
	5. Justin Milner (Fr., Ithaca, N.Y.)	Season Record: 2-2
	6. Gregory Lowe (Sr., East Aurora, N.Y.)	Season Record: 7-11

	Doubles
	1. Mark Veitengruber / John LeMar (Jr., North Tonawanda, N.Y.)	Season Record: 2-8
	2. Gregory Lowe / Joey Gentile	Season Record: 5-9
	3. David Gonzalez Villegas / Andrew LeMar	Season Record: 2-4

ALL-TIME SERIES INFO:	Vs. NYIT: 0-2 all-time

SOCIAL MEDIA:	@DaemenTennis \| @DaemenAthletics \| #DCWildcatNation \| #WNYsD2Team

N.Y. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GROUND STROKES
RECORD:	10-3, 1-0 ECC

COACH:	Jason Pasion (25-11 overall record, second season)

LINKS:	Roster \| Schedule

INFO:	NYIT returns six players from its 2014-15 team which achieved an overall record of 15-8, including a perfect 6-0 mark in ECC play, before going on to capture their third straight ECC championship Included in the returners is a trio of first-team All-ECC performers - Tomas Lieb, Rafal Charkiewicz and Matej Selecky Lieb was named the league's Preseason Player of the Year for 2015-16 The Bears were picked first in the ECC preseason poll released in late January NYIT opened the season with wins in its first six matches before suffering three straight defeats during a mid-March trip to Florida Since returning the northeast, the Bears have rebounded with four straight wins heading into this weekend's action, including a 9-0 defeat of UDC in their ECC opener on March 30, and a 9-0 defeat of Le Moyne earlier this week NYIT visits Roberts Wesleyan on Friday before facing Daemen on Saturday

PROJECTED LINEUP:	Singles
	1. Matej Selecky (Jr., Bratislava, Slovakia)	Season Record: N/A
	2. David Jiang (Jr., Auckland, New Zealand)	Season Record: N/A
	3. Tomas Lieb (Sr., Buenos Aires, Argentina)	Season Record: N/A
	4. Jorge Gonzales Soler (Jr., Madrid, Spain)	Season Record: N/A
	5. Rares Ispas (So., Focsani, Romania)	Season Record: N/A
	6. Jamie Salvador (Sr., Zaragoza, Spain)	Season Record: N/A

	Doubles
	1. Matej Selecky / Jorge Gonzales Soler	Season Record: N/A
	2. Rares Ispas / Rafal Charkiewicz (Jr., Opole, Poland)	Season Record: N/A
	3. Tomas Lieb / Alexandre Martinez (So., Paris, France)	Season Record: N/A

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Players Mentioned

Joey Gentile: 5' 9"; Senior

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

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