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| The Daemen College men's tennis team continues its 2016-17 season with a trio of non-league dual matches this weekend...coach Stephen Beatty's Wildcats play at home (at Miller Tennis Center) on Friday and Sunday with a road trip to the Syracuse area sandwiched in between on Saturday. |
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| DUAL MATCH INFORMATION |
| Daemen vs. Davis & Elkins |
| Date:Â Friday, Feb. 24 |
Time:Â 6 p.m. |
Location: Miller Tennis Center - Williamsville, N.Y. |
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| Daemen @ Le Moyne |
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| Date:Â Saturday, Feb. 25 |
Time:Â 4 p.m. |
Location: Gold's Gym - DeWitt, N.Y. |
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| Daemen vs. Edinboro |
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| Date:Â Sunday, Feb. 26 |
Time:Â 2:30 p.m. |
Location: Miller Tennis Center - Williamsville, N.Y. |
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| MATCH LINKS |
| Daemen Roster |
Davis & Elkins Roster |
Le Moyne Roster |
Edinboro Roster |
| Daemen Schedule |
Davis & Elkins Schedule |
Le Moyne Schedule |
Edinboro Schedule |
| Daemen Stats |
Davis & Elkins Stats |
Le Moyne Stats |
Edinboro Stats |
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Daemen Twitter:Â |
@DaemenAthletics, @DaemenTennis |
| Daemen Hashtags:Â |
#DCWildcatNation, #WNYsD2Team, #LiveBreatheDaemen, #beFIERCE |
| Davis & Elkins Twitter: |
@SenatorNation |
| Le Moyne Twitter: |
@LeMoyneDolphins |
| Edinboro Twitter: |
@BoroAthletics |
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| ON THE SIDELINES |
| Stephen Beatty enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Wildcats...over the course of his first three seasons, Beatty has guided the Daemen men's tennis team to a 19-49 record...a former collegiate player at Division II Northwood University (Mich.) and Division III D'Youville College, Beatty got his coaching start as an assistant to Kelly Brown, serving for one season - Daemen's inaugural season of tennis competition - before being promoted to the top post. |
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| DAEMENÂ GROUND STROKESÂ (2-7, 0-0 ECC) |
| Daemen returns 11 players from last year's team that finished 5-17 overall and 0-5 in the East Coast Conference...gone is familiar face Gregory Lowe who was lost to graduation, leaving as the program's all-time leader in singles victories (32), total singles matches (77), singles winning percentage (.427), doubles victories (30), total doubles matches (77) and doubles winning percentage (.400)...among the returners is Mark Veitengruber who went 13-16 in singles play last season, establishing a new team record for singles wins in a season...also, senior John LeMar returns...the Wildcats also return sophomore David Gonzalez Villegas who went 6-9 in singles and 7-10 in doubles last season...his season was interrupted by an injury at the end of the fall season, but his return to the lineup late in the spring coincided with Daemen winning three of their final five dual matches of the season...Daemen snapped a four-match slide with a 7-2 defeat of Salem International last Friday evening...LeMar teamed with his brother, redshirt-sophomore Andrew LeMar, to win 8-0 in second doubles, securing the elder LeMar's 30th career doubles win to tie Lowe's program record...John LeMar also picked up his 25th career singles win in the match vs. SIU...Daemen is coming off a 7-2 loss in a neutral site match vs. Hillsdale last Sunday in Erie, Pa....Gonzalez Villegas teamed with newcomer Ricardo Ruiz Martinez to win in second doubles, and Justin Milner posted DC's lone point in singles action...Ruiz Martinez, a Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie Team selection last season while playing at American International, has been impressive since transferring to Daemen prior to the spring season...he's gone an even 2-2 in both singles and doubles play with one of his singles victories coming over Mercyhurst's Joaquin Aguilera, a 2015-16 All-PSAC selection..the Wildcats were picked sixth in the ECC preseason poll...John LeMar leads Daemen with four singles wins this season, while brother Andrew LeMar leads in doubles wins with five. |
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| DAVIS & ELKINS GROUND STROKES (0-2, 0-0 GMAC) |
| Davis & Elkins is located in Elkins, W. Va. and the Senators are members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference...the Senators are led by eighth-year head coach Otis Cutshaw, a two-time GMAC Coach of the Year...D&E returns seven players from their 2015-16 roster, but Cutshaw must deal with the loss of GMAC Player of the Year Vincent Hamon...the Senators went 11-11 last season, and among their returners is a pair of first-team All-GMAC selections in senior Samuel Vallieres and sophomore Jack Clifton...the Senators have started the 2016-17 season with a pair of losses in dual match play, while also partaking in four tournaments...they most recently competed in the University of Charleston (W. Va.) Invitational on Feb. 10...the Senators' last dual match was a 9-0 loss to Walsh on Feb. 3...newcomer Ivan Bonderanko, a Ukrainian national, leads the team in singles wins with four (4-3 record), while Clifton and Tare Mariga have each posted three...Mariga, an import from Zimbabwe, leads the Senators with six doubles wins, five of which have come while paired with Bonderanko. |
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| DAEMEN VS. DAVIS & ELKINS: THE HISTORY |
| All-Time:Â Davis & Elkins leads the all-time series 1-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Mar. 20, 2016 - Davis & Elkins 5, Daemen 4 |
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| LE MOYNE GROUND STROKES (2-1, 1-0Â NE-10) |
| Le Moyne is located in Syracuse, N.Y. and the Dolphins are members of the Northeast-10 Conference...Le Moyne is led by second-year head coach Jeff Lonczak who has guided the team to an 10-13 record in his tenure to date...last season, the Dolphins went 5-5 in league play and qualified for the NE-10 tournament where they were bounced in the opening round vs. Bentley...Le Moyne brings back six players from last season's roster, including Tyler Underwood and Benjamin Spoor who earned second-team and third-team All-NE-10 honors, respectively...Underwood was also named to the NE-10 All-Rookie Team...Saturday's match marks Le Moyne's first of the spring season....the Dolphins have been idle since partaking in the ITA East Regional Tournament in late September/early October...Le Moyne brings a two-match winning streak in duals into Saturday's contest with Daemen...their lone loss in dual match play came to ECC foe Roberts Wesleyan. |
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| DAEMEN VS. LE MOYNE: THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: Le Moyne leads the all-time series 4-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Feb. 24, 2013 - Le Moyne 8, Daemen 1 |
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| Feb. 23, 2014 - Le Moyne 8, Daemen 1 |
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| Mar. 1, 2015 - Le Moyne 5, Daemen 4 |
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| Feb. 27, 2016 - Le Moyne 6, Daemen 3 |
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| EDINBOROÂ GROUND STROKES (3-1, 0-0 PSAC) |
| Edinboro is located in Edinboro, Pa. and the Fighting Scots are members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference...the Fighting Scots are led by veteran head coach Lee Underwood who brings back seven players from his 2015-16 roster which achieved an overall record of 23-4 while winning the PSACÂ and Atlantic Regional championships...the Fighting Scots knocked off Mercyhurst 5-1 in he PSAC Tournament finals to capture their third straight league title, and then stumped the Lakers again 5-3 to win the regional title...their 2015-16 season came to an end in the NCAA Tournament round of 16 against Armstrong State...among the team's returners is junior Vitor Albanese who went 31-3 in singles play and earned PSAC Player of the Year honors last season...the Fighting Scots also bring back first-team All-PSAC selection Mauricio Santos who went 21-9 in singles play, including a 15-5 mark in the third singles position...EU took a three-match winning streak into their spring season opener where they fell 6-3 to Fairmont State on Feb. 10...Albanese, a native of Brazil, captured the singles championship at the ITA Atlantic Regional Championships last fall...he's already racked up a 15-3 mark in singles play this season...Santos has been solid as well, going 11-3 in singles play thus far in 2016-17. |
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| DAEMEN VS. EDINBORO: THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: Edinboro leads the all-time series 3-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Mar. 2, 2013 - Edinboro 9, Daemen 0 |
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| Apr. 14, 2014 - Edinboro 9, Daemen 0 |
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| Feb. 28, 2016 - Edinboro 9, Daemen 0 |
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| ON THE HORIZON |
| Daemen continues non-league play next weekend when they host Post (Mar. 4) and Millersville (Mar. 5). |
