ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - The Daemen University men's tennis team closed out the non-conference portion of its 2023-24 schedule with a 6-1 loss to Le Moyne College today this afternoon at South Towns Racquet Club. Daemen dropped to 5-9 on the year, while the Dolphins evened their record at 9-9.

The match was played under NCAA Division I/II scoring rules and the visiting Dolphins won all three doubles matches to claim the doubles point.

Le Moyne secured the win with straight set wins at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles. Graduate student Leon Grundstroem defeated sophomore Alex Lumanog (Albuquerque, N.M.), 6-3, 6-3. Graduate student Alvaro Nunez got past junior Juan Alvarez (Puebla, Mexico) at No. 2 singles (6-1, 6-4) and graduate student Kacper Piekarek outlasted freshman Lucas Garcia (Bogota, Colombia) at third singles (6-4. 6-3).

Daemen's lone point came at No. 6 singles where graduate student Zachary Laplante (Ottawa, N.Y.) defeated graduate student Rodrigo Beires 7-6 (4), 6-4. Laplante is now a team-high 7-7 in singles play this season.

DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 – Leon Grundstroem & Alvaro Nunez (LEM) defeat Alex Lumanog & Juan Alvarez (DAE), 6-2
#2 – Luka Stojanovic & Peter Hatton (LEM) defeat Rohan Chitanand & Lasse Mergens (DAE), (DAE), 6-0
#3 – Kacper Piekarek & Rodrigo Beires (LEM) defeat Lucas Garcia & Jayven Williamson (DAE), 6-2
 
Order of Finish: 2,1,3

SINGLES RESULTS
#1 – Grundstroem defeats Lumanog, 6-3, 6-3
#2 – Nunez defeats Alvarez, 6-1, 6-4
#3 – Piekarek defeats Garcia, 6-4, 6-3
#4 – Stojanovic defeats Chitanand, 6-1, 6-2
#5 – Beires defeats Mergens, 6-2, 6-1
#6 – Zachary Laplante (DAE) defeats Yegor Boyev, 7-6 (4), 6-4
 
Order of Finish: 1,2,3,4,5,6

UP NEXT
The Wildcats are idle until April 6 when they travel to the University of the District of Columbia for an East Coast Conference match.
 

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