Tennis Teams Play Matches Against Mercyhurst This Week

2/19/2024 6:15:00 PM

BACK ON THE COURT
The Daemen University men's and women's tennis teams will both square off against Mercyhurst University this week. The men will host the Lakers on Tuesday (Feb. 20). The match will be played at Miller Tennis Center in Williamsville, N.Y. at 3:30 p.m. The women will travel to Erie, Pa. to take on Mercyhurst on Wednesday (Feb. 21). That match will be played at the Westwood Racquet Club at 1 p.m.

A LOOK BACK AT LAST WEEKEND
The Daemen men (2-4) are coming off a thrilling come-from-behind 4-3 win at Bloomsburg University this past Saturday. The Wildcats trailed 3-0 and began the comeback after sophomore Alex Lumanog posted a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 victory at No. 1 singles. Freshman Lucas Garcia, who joined the program this semester, picked up his first career singles win and made the score 3-2 after he posted a 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 4 singles. The Wildcats evened the match after freshman Lasse Mergens rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 at No. 5 singles. The match came down to No. 6 singles, and graduate student Zachary Laplante secured the comeback after he posted a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 win. The Daemen women also played at Bloomsburg on Saturday and dropped to 5-8 on the year following a 6-1 loss to the Huskies. Daemen's No. 1 doubles team of senior Frida Rubio and junior Kitsa Scime outlasted BU's Lexi Quackenbush and Jen McDonald, 7-6 (7-3) to improve to 9-7 on the year. Scime posted a 6-4, 6-1 victory at No. 2 singles to earn Daemen's lone point in the match. Scime improved to 12-4 on the season. She ranks fifth among Daemen's all-time leaders in career singles wins (35) and is now 30-11 in her last 41 singles matches dating back to the end of her freshman season.

SCOUTING MERCYHURST
Mercyhurst is a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). The MU men (2-1) have played three matches this spring, suffering a 4-3 loss to Walsh and posting wins over Salem (4-3) and Hillsdale (5-2). The Lakers went 11-8 last year and advanced to the championship match of the PSAC Tournament, where they suffered a 4-0 loss to Edinboro. The Lakers received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament and suffered a 4-0 loss to Fairmont State in the opening round.

The Mercyhurst women stand at 4-1 on the year. The Lakers opened the spring season with a 4-3 win over Walsh, before suffering a 7-0 loss at Division I Buffalo on Feb. 10. The Lakers are riding a three-match winning streak, having defeated West Virginia State (7-0), Salem (7-0) and Hillsdale (5-2). The Lakers went 10-9 last year and lost in the quarterfinals of the PSAC Tournament to Slippery Rock.

UP NEXT
The Daemen men are idle until March 9 when they play host to St. Lawrence University. The Daemen women return to action March 3 when they take on cross-town rival D'Youville University.

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