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Winner District of Columbia UDCM (4-8, 1-1 ECC)
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Daemen DAEM (4-10, 0-1 ECC)
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District of Columbia UDCM
(4-8, 1-1 ECC)
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Daemen DAEM
(4-10, 0-1 ECC)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | CONTACT: Mary Margaret Johnson, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mmjohnso@daemen.edu

Men's Tennis Drops First ECC Match Of The Season To UDC

AMHERST, N.Y. -- The Daemen University men's tennis team dropped their first East Coast Conference match of the season in a 6-1 loss to the University of the District of Columbia on Saturday night. The Wildcats move to 4-7 in the spring and 0-1 in ECC play, while UDC improves to 4-8 on the year and 1-1 in conference matches.

The Firebirds picked up the first point of the match after winning two of the three doubles matches, as per NCAA Division II scoring. The Daemen senior doubles pairing of Phillip Vance (Orchard Park, N.Y.) and Zachary Laplante (Ottawa, Ont.) won No. 2 doubles 6-4 over UDC's Jake Bedforth and Oskar Karos. In singles play, UDC would go on to take five of the six match ups and win the match, 6-1. Laplante was the sole Daemen singles winner, handling Bedforth 6-1, 6-0 in No. 5 singles to earn the Wildcats' one point in the match.

DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 -- Louis Mangeon & Mauricio Corty Sosa (UDC) def. Alex Lumanog & Luis de Vuyst (Daemen), 6-3
#2 -- Phillip Vance & Zachary Laplante (Daemen) def. Jake Bedforth & Oskar Karos (UDC), 6-4
#3 -- Juan Estevez Hernandez & Antonio Simo Durall def. Rohan Chitanand & Adam Pasierb (Daemen), 7-6 

SINGLES RESULTS
#1 -- Mangeon def. Lumanog (6-0, 6-1)
#2 -- Simo Durall def. de Vuyst (77-64, 6-3)
#3 -- Corty Sosa def. Vance (6-1, 2-6, 7-5)
#4 -- Estevez Hernandez def. Chitanand (4-6, 6-3, 6-1)
#5 -- Laplante def. Bedforth (6-1, 6-0)
#6 -- Karos def. Pasierb (7-5, 6-2)

UP NEXT
Daemen will travel to face perennial powerhouse Queens next Saturday (April 1) in a 4 PM matchup before heading to St. Thomas Aquinas on Sunday (April 2) for a double-header against the Spartans at 10 AM and 1 PM in Sparkill, N.Y. 
Daemen University features the premier NCAA Division II athletics program in the Buffalo-Niagara region, sponsoring 17 intercollegiate teams. For the latest information on Daemen Athletics, follow the Wildcats via social media on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, or sign up to receive customizable news alerts, e-mail newsletters and weekly schedule alerts.

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