Match #23
Daemen Wildcats (5-17, 0-5 ECC) vs. District of Columbia Firebirds (5-12, 1-4 ECC)
Date: Friday, April 21
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Flushing, N.Y. | Queens College Tennis Courts
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The East Coast Conference
announced a format change for its Men's Tennis Championship that will take place this weekend at the Queens College Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Due to extenuating circumstances, the championship, which was originally scheduled to take place over two days, will now be a single-day event on Friday, April 21. Instead of the traditional semifinal format, Friday's action will see Daemen take on District of Columbia in a consolation match, followed by Queens and St. Thomas Aquinas, who were ECC Regular Season Co-Champions, meeting for the ECC title. Daemen is making its third-straight appearance in the ECC Championships.
SENIORITY
Senior
Zachary Laplante (Ottawa, Ontario) is having a solid senior season and leads the team with a 10-8 record in singles play. He has gone 9-5 in the No. 5 singles spot this year. Fellow seniors
Luis de Vuyst (Antwerp, Belgium) and
Phillip Vance (Orchard Park, N.Y.) have handled the No. 2 and No. 3 singles spots all season. The doubles pair of Laplante and Vance is the winningest Daemen duo this season, going 5-9 in the No. 2 doubles spot and 6-10 overall.
FRESH-MEN
Rookies
Alex Lumanog (Albuquerque, N.M.),
Rohan Chitanand (Den Haag, Netherlands) and
Adam Pasierb (Lancaster, N.Y.) have all gained valuable experience this year. Lumanog has played No. 1 singles for the Wildcats all season, while Chitanand has competed at the No. 4 spot. Pasierb has played both No. 5 and and No. 6 singles and is 4-5 over his last nine matches.
SCOUTING THE UDC FIREBIRDS
District of Columbia lost four of its final five matches and closed out the regular season with a 6-1 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas last Saturday. Senior Louis Mangeon is undefeated over his last eight matches at No. 1 singles and is a one-time ECC Player of the Week selection. The Firebirds were predicted to finish tied with Daemen for third in the conference in the 2022-23 ECC men's tennis preseason poll.
SERIES RECORD VS. UDC
All-Time Series: 8-1 UDC
Last Meeting:
UDC 6, Daemen1 | March 25, 2023 | Williamsville, N.Y.
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