WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- In the first Daemen University men's tennis match ever played at the brand new Royal Park Sports Complex, the Wildcat men fall to Division I Niagara University, 6-1, on Sunday morning in a fall non-league match. The Wildcats open the fall season with a 0-1 record.
Niagara earned the first point of the match by winning all three doubles pairings. Daemen's top doubles duo of senior
Alex Lumanog (Albuquerque, N.M.) and junior
Lasse Mergens (Bochum, Germany) fell 1-6. In second doubles, junior
Lucas Garcia (Bogota, Columbia) and senior
Rohan Chitanand (Den Haag, Netherlands) fell 3-6. In the final doubles match up, sophomore
Riley Fitzgerald (Auburn, N.Y.) and freshman
Mitch Pollack (Winnepeg, Man.) fell, 1-6, in No. 3 doubles.
Chitanand would be the only Wildcat to come out on top today, earning Daemen's sole point after defeating Niagara's Sharvan Somasi (6-2, 6-3) in No. 4 singles for his first singles win of the season. Niagara would go on to win the other five singles match ups to take the match, 6-1.
DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 -- Logan Wong & Jose Maria Garcia (NU) def.
Alex Lumanog &
Lasse Mergens (DU), 6-1
#2 -- Ary Bhawan & Damian Janiszewski (NU) def.
Lucas Garcia &
Rohan Chitanand (DU), 6-3
#3 -- Sarosh Rustomjee & Sharvan Somasi (NU) def.
Mitch Pollack &
Riley Fitzgerald (DU), 6-1
SINGLES RESULTS
#1 -- Janiszewski def. Lumanog, (6-1, 6-2)
#2 -- Jose Maria Garcia def.
Lucas Garcia, (6-3, 6-2)
#3 -- Wong def. Mergens, (6-1, 6-3)
#4 -- Chitanand def. Somasi, (6-2, 6-3)
#5 -- Rustomjek def. Pollack, (6-2, 6-2)
#6 -- Ekansh Shukla def. Fitzgerald, (6-0, 6-2)
UP NEXT
The Wildcats return to action next Sunday, Sept. 28 for an 11 AM match up against Division III Nazareth University.
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