Match #8: Daemen Wildcats vs. Walsh Cavaliers | Sunday, Feb. 2 | 4:30 PM | Williamsville, N.Y. | Miller Tennis Center
BACK AT IT
The Daemen University men's tennis team kicks off the spring season on Sunday, Feb. 2 with a home match against the Walsh University Cavaliers. The match will be played at Daemen's indoor home court of Miller Tennis Center at 4:30 PM.
PRESEASON POLL
The Wildcats were selected fourth in the 2025 East Coast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, as voted on by the league's four coaches. Daemen has finished fourth in the ECC in each of the three seasons under head coach
Richard Greco, Jr. Defending conference champions Queens College (14 points, 2 first place votes) topped the poll alongside St. Thomas Aquinas College (14 points, 2 first place votes) with both teams tied for first place. The University of the District of Columbia (8 points) is third in the poll, followed by Daemen (4 points). Daemen went 5-15 on the year in the 2023-24 season and 0-6 in ECC play a season ago.
LOOK AT THE TEAM
The Wildcats return six players from the 2023-24 team along with the addition of freshman
Vondin Henderson (Tonawanda, N.Y.) who participated in the fall slate. Daemen went 2-5 in the fall portion of the season. Senior
Juan Alvarez (Puebla, Mexico) and junior
Rohan Chitanand (Den Haag, Netherlands) led the Wildcats with four singles victories a piece in the fall, with Alvarez going 2-2 in No. 1 singles and 2-0 in No. 2 singles and Chitanand compiling all four wins at No. 5 singles. In doubles action in the fall, the No. 3 pairing of Chitanand and senior
Jayven Williamson (Minneapolis, Minn.) led the Cats with four doubles wins while the second doubles duo of sophomores
Lasse Mergens (Bochum, Germany) and
Lucas Garcia (Bogota, Columbia) finished with a 3-1 record in No. 2 doubles play.
THIS SPRING
Daemen will play 13 matches in the spring portion of their 2024-25 season. The spring slate includes seven home games and six road games as well as matches against opponents from all three NCAA divisions. The Wildcats will travel to Erie, PA next week to play at Division I Mercyhurst University on Monday, Feb. 10 for an 11:45 AM match up. Daemen plays three more non-conference opponents after the Lakers and opens ECC play on March 22-23 with a pair of home matches against St. Thomas Aquinas at Miller Tennis Center.
SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS
Walsh opens up the spring season with the match on Sunday against the Wildcats. The Cavaliers went 13-10 on the year in 2024 and 6-2 in GMAC play a season ago and returns nine players from last year's team. Walsh is 4-0 all-time against the Wildcats. Sunday marks the first time the two teams have met on the court since the 2022 spring season.
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