KUTZTOWN, Pa. -- The Daemen University men's tennis team dropped a close match against undefeated Kutztown University on Monday afternoon, falling 4-3 to the Bears. The Wildcats move to 2-3 in the fall, while Kutztown remains unbeaten on the year and improves to 5-0.
The Bears earned the first point of the match after taking two of three doubles matches. Kutztown's third doubles pair of Emmitt Robinson and Linus Vennekold defeated Daemen junior
Rohan Chitanand (Den Haag, Netherlands) and senior
Jayven Williamson (Minneapolis, Minn.), 6-3 to start off the match, but the Wildcats rebounded with a big win at No. 2 doubles. Sophmores
Lucas Garcia (Bogota, Columbia) and
Lasse Mergens (Bochum, Germany) took down Nikita Safonov and Joaquin Perez, 6-3, in second doubles. It all came down to first doubles. Kutztown's Dang Nguyen and Henrique Rocha beat Daemen senior
Juan Alvarez (Puebla, Mexico) and junior
Alex Lumanog (Albuquerque, N.M), 6-3, to win the doubles point.
Kutztown served up wins at No. 2 and No. 3 singles as Safonov topped Lumanog (6-3, 6-4) and Rocha beat Garcia (6-3, 6-4) to take a 3-0 lead over the Wildcats. Daemen wouldn't give up so easily, as a big (6-4, 6-4) win by Alvarez over Nguyen at first singles kept the Wildcats in it. Alvarez moves to 2-0 in No. 1 singles on the year with the win. Vennekold would solidify the win for the Bears with a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles over Williamson. The Wildcats would score two more points as Mergens and Chitanand each took their matches in three sets at No. 4 and No. 5 singles. Mergens topped Perez, 4-6, 6-3, 10-6, at fourth singles to move to 3-1 on the year in that spot, while Chitanand took down Robinson, 6-4, 6-3, 10-8, at No. 5 singles to rebound from a three-set loss on Saturday.
DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 -- Dang Nguyen & Henrique Rocha (KUTZ) def.
Juan Alvarez & Alex Luamnog (DAE), 6-3
#2 --
Lucas Garcia &
Lasse Mergens (DAE) def. Nikita Safonov & Joaquin Perez (KUTZ), 6-3
#3 -- Emmitt Robinson & Linus Vennekold (KUTZ) def.
Rohan Chitanand &
Jayven Williamson (DAE), 6-3
Order of Finish: 3,2,1
SINGLES RESULTS
#1 -- Alvarez defeats Nguyen, 6-4, 6-4
#2 -- Lumanog defeats Safonov, 6-3, 6-4
#3 -- Rocha defeats Garcia, 6-3, 6-4
#4 -- Mergens defeats Perez, 4-6, 6-3, 10-6
#5 -- Chitanand defeats Robinson, 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
#6 -- Vennekold defeats Williamson, 6-0, 6-3
Order of Finish: 2,3,1,6,4,5
UP NEXT
The Wildcats play at Millersville on Tuesday at 11 AM.
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