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Men's Tennis Continues Non-Conference Play At Edinboro Sunday

2/25/2023 12:40:00 PM

By: CONTACT: Mary Margaret Johnson, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mmjohnso@daemen.edu

Match #8
Daemen Wildcats (1-6, 0-0 ECC) vs. Edinboro Fighting Scots (4-1, 0-0 PSAC)
Date: Sunday, Feb. 26
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Erie, Pa. | Westwood Racquet Club

BACK ON THE COURT
The Daemen men's tennis team makes the second of three-straight trips to Pennsylvania this weekend when the Wildcats head to Edinboro University for a non-conference match. The Wildcats suffered a 7-0 loss at Mercyhurst last weekend.

2023 OUTLOOK
Head coach Richard Greco, Jr. returns for his second season. He returns five players from last season and welcomes three freshmen to the team. Seniors Zachary Laplante (Ottawa, Ont.), Luis de Vuyst (Antwerp, Belgium) and Phillip Vance (Orchard Park, N.Y.) top the list of returning players. Laplante and de Vuyst both made an immediate impact on the team last year in their first season with the program. Laplante, who transferred to Daemen from Salem University, posted a team-high six singles wins last year and also lead the team in combined singles and doubles wins with 12. de Vuyst posted five singles wins last year, four of which came at No. 1 singles. Vance returns for his fourth season after posting a career best five singles wins last year. Freshmen Alex Lumanog (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Rohan Chitanand (Den Haag, Netherlands) both saw considerable playing time during Daemen's fall season. Lumanog played No. 1 singles in all three dual matches, while Chitanand played in two of the three dual matches and registered his first career win during a 4-3 loss to Allegheny. Fellow newcomer Adam Pasierb (Lancaster, N.Y.) is also expected to see action this spring.

POLL POSITION
Daemen is tied for third in the 2022-23 East Coast Conference Men's Tennis Preseason Coaches' Poll. After advancing to the second round of the NCAA men's tennis tournament in 2022, Queens picked up all four first-place votes and is selected first in the preseason poll with 16 points. Reigning ECC champion St. Thomas Aquinas, who put together a solid postseason after winning their first ever conference title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament, earned 12 points and was picked second in the poll. Daemen and District of Columbia each earned six points and tied for third.

UP NEXT
Daemen returns to action Saturday (March. 4) when it heads to Kutztown (Pa.) University for a match.

SCOUTING EDINBORO
Edinboro is a NCAA Division II affiliate and a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). Edinboro returns 11 players from last year's team that went 15-6 overall and 5-0 in PSAC play. The Fighting Scots claimed their second-straight PSAC Tournament title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament last spring. Edinboro opened their spring season with three-straight wins over Walsh (6-1), Salem (7-0) and Carnegie Mellon (5-2), before suffering a 5-2 loss to Le Moyne. The Fighting Scots improved to 4-1 following a 7-0 win over Frostburg State Friday night. Juniors Ruben Acuna, Gustavo Martins and Bruno Sabio all return after earning first-team All-PSAC honors last year. Acuna went 17-1 at No. 2 singles last year.

SERIES RECORD VS. EDINBORO
All-Time Record: EU, 7-0
At Daemen: EU, 3-0
At EU: EU, 4-0
Last Meeting: Edinboro 7, Daemen 0 | Feb. 25, 2022 | Williamsville, N.Y.

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