WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- The Daemen University men's tennis team lost a non-conference match to Bloomsburg University on Friday night, 2-5, at Miller Tennis Center. It marked the third straight loss for the Wildcat and move their record to 2-7 in the spring season and 4-12 record overall this year. The Huskies improve to 5-1 on the year and beat the Wildcats for the second time in the 2024-25 season.
Bloomsburg won all three doubles matches to win the first point of the day. Daemen collected their two points of the match with big wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles play. Senior
Juan Alvarez (Puebla, Mexico) won his seventh singles match of the season in a battle at top singles, taking down Bloomsburg's Denis Dementev, 6-3, 4-6, 10-6, in three sets. Playing at second singles for the fourth time this season, sophomore
Lucas Garcia (Bogota, Columbia) cruised to a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Iu Casamitjana to earn his first victory this spring and second win at No. 2 singles this year. The Huskies would win singles matches 3-5 to take the match and collected a win by default at No. 6 singles as the Wildcats did not field a player.
DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 -- Vishesh Patel & Sergio Dilan (BU) def.
Alex Lumanog &
Juan Alvarez (DAE), 6-4
#2 -- Denis Dementev & Iu Casamitjana (BU) def.
Rohan Chitanand & Garcia (DAE), 6-3
#3 -- Fernando Barros & Jaime Soria (BU) def.
Jayven Williamson &
Vondin Henderson (DAE), 6-1
SINGLES RESULTS
#1 -- Alvarez def. Dementev, 6-3, 4-6, 10-6
#2 -- Garcia def. Casamitjana, 6-3, 6-0
#3 -- Albert Martin def. Chitanand, 6-3, 7-5
#4 -- Alejandro Higuera def. Williamson, 6-0, 6-0
#5 -- Soria def. Henderson, 6-0, 6-0
#6 -- Bloomsburg win by default
UP NEXT
Daemen will celebrate
Juan Alvarez and
Jayven Williamson for Senior Night on Saturday afternoon as they host East Coast Conference rival District of Columbia at Miller Tennis Center at 6:30 PM.
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