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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | By Mike Miranto, Sr. Associate A.D. for External Operations & Communications

Ruiz Martinez Ties Single-Season Wins Record But Wildcats Fall To STAC

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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Ricardo Ruiz Martinez (Valencia, Spain) matched a team record with his 13th singles win of the season, but it wasn't enough to lead Daemen College to a dual-match victory today as the Wildcats fell 8-1 to Saint Thomas Aquinas College in East Coast Conference action at the Washington Township Tennis Club.

Ruiz Martinez, who became Daemen's first-ever all-conference honoree last season, has now won five straight singles matches to run his season record to 13-6, becoming just the second player in team history to record at least 13 singles wins in a season. He did so with a three-set victory (1-6, 6-3, 6-4) today over STAC's Jakob Ljungberg (Stockholm, Sweden), matching teammate Mark Veitengruber's (Rockford, Mich.) team record. Veitengruber accomplished the feat during the 2015-16 season, his sophomore campaign. Ruiz Martinez is now 23-13 in singles play during his Daemen career.

Unfortunately for coach Stephen Beatty's Wildcats, that's the lone point they were able to manage today. STAC swept three competitive doubles matches, winning 8-5, 8-6 and 8-5 in the first, second and third positions, respectively.

In other singles action, sophomore Fabian Wilde (Crimmitschau, Germany) took Paul Voigt (Cologne, Germany) to three sets, but fell 7-5, 4-6, 1-0. STAC won in straight sets at first, third, fifth and sixth singles.

The Spartans improved to 9-3 on the season, and 2-0 in league play with the victory. Daemen dropped to 5-12 overall and 0-2 in the league.

The Wildcats close a string of 10 consecutive road matches by visiting Northeast-10 Conference affiliates Franklin Pierce University (Friday, Mar. 30) and Southern New Hampshire University (Saturday, Mar. 31) next weekend.
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