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Phillip Vance and Daemen men's tennis faced District Columbia Friday night in ECC play.
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Winner Dist. Columbia UDCM (4-9, 2-2 ECC)
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Daemen DAEM (3-11, 0-3 ECC)
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Dist. Columbia UDCM
(4-9, 2-2 ECC)
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Daemen DAEM
(3-11, 0-3 ECC)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men’s Tennis Falls To District of Columbia Friday Night

When and Where: April 8, 2022 – Williamsville, N.Y. (Miller Tennis Center)
Score: District Columbia 5, Daemen 2
Records: Daemen 3-11, 0-3 ECC; District Columbia 4-9, 2-2 ECC

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- Despite victories in singles play from Phillip Vance (Orchard Park., N.Y.) and Ross Belen (Marlboro, N.Y.), the Daemen men's tennis continued its spring season with a 5-2 loss against the University of District Columbia Firebirds in East Coast Conference play Friday night at the Miller Tennis Center. This marked the Wildcats' third consecutive loss after defeats against both Queens and RIT last weekend.
 
Daemen was hoping to split the season series after a 5-1 road loss to the Firebirds on March 26 in Washington, D.C. – their opening match in ECC play for the 2021-22 campaign. Daemen is still searching for their first win against an ECC opponent since a 6-1 victory against this same Firebirds program on April 7, 2019.

DOUBLES RESULTS SINGLES RESULTS
  • No. 1 (District Columbia 6-4, 6-4) Louis Mangeon defeats Luis de Vuyst 
  • No. 2 (District Columbia 6-3, 6-2) Mauricio Corty Sosa defeats Zachary Laplante 
  • No. 3 (Daemen 4-6, 6-1, 0-1 WON BY RETIREMENT) Phillip Vance defeats Juan Estevez Hernandez
  • No. 4 (District Columbia 7-5, 6-4, 10-7) Maksim Bahdanovich defeats Sam Greco
  • No. 5 (Daemen 6-1, 6-0) Ross Belen defeats Jake Bedforth
  • No. 6 (District Columbia, 6-1, 6-1) Fredis Ayala defeats Jack Paute Urdiales

MATCH NOTES
  • Daemen is now 3-8 during the spring portion of the 2021-22 season with all three wins coming since a 7-2 win at Houghton on March 9. Since a 6-1 win versus St. Vincent on March 19, Daemen is now 1-5 over their last six matches. Tonight's finish against the Firebirds also marked their third consecutive loss.
  • District Columbia won all three doubles matches to earn the point and followed up with victories in first and second singles for an overall 3-0 advantage. The Wildcats then got on the scoreboard in third singles when Vance won by retirement after UDC's Estevez Hernandez bowed out during the third set. The Firebirds later added two more matches to their win column in fourth and sixth singles to round out their team success. Belen, however, recorded Daemen's second and final win of the night as he defeated Bedforth in fifth singles action.
  • Tonight marked the eighth all-time meeting between the Wildcats and the Firebirds and the first meeting in Western New York since April 13, 2018 – an 8-1 win for District Columbia. District Columbia now has an all-time record of 7-1 against Daemen since the teams first squared off on March 21, 2014.
WHAT'S NEXT
Daemen returns to action on Saturday, April 9 when they visit the Walsh Cavaliers of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference at 3 p.m. at the North Canton Racquet Club in North Canton, Ohio. This is one of two remaining non-conference matches for the Wildcats this season.
 

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