WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Daemen University men's tennis team fell 2-5 at the University of the District of Columbia on Friday afternoon to move to 3-13 overall and 0-4 in East Coast Conference play.

The Firebirds won the first point of the match by winning two of three doubles pairings. The Wildcats dropped the No. 1 doubles pair of senior Rohan Chitanand (Den Haag, Netherlands) and junior Lasse Mergens (Bochum, Germany), 2-6. At second doubles, junior Lucas Garcia (Bogota, Columbia) and freshman Mitch Pollack (Winnipeg, Man.) battled close to a 4-6 defeat.

Freshmen Pablo Viera (Naples, Fla.) and sophomore Jordan Hamdan (Johnson City, N.Y.) won by default at third doubles.

Daemen picked up wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles today. After Hamdan won by default at sixth singles because UDC did not field a player, Pollack put together a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Ignacio Lopez Fernandez at No. 5 singles to earn the Wildcats' second point of the match.

UDC took four of the six singles pairs to take the match, 2-5, but the Wildcats had two matches go to three sets. Playing at No. 1 singles again, Garcia battled to the very end with UDC's Sebastiano Palma, ultimately falling 4-6, 6-1, 6-7. At No. 3 singles, Chitanand squared up with UDC's Ambrose Evamy and took it to three, but Evamy pulled away 6-2, 5-7, 6-7 (4-7). Mergens fell (1-6, 0-6) at No. 2 singles, and Viera dropped his fourth singles match (0-6, 3-6).

This marked the final road match for the Wildcats this season. Daemen will play their three remaining matches at Williamsville's Miller Tennis Center, starting with Tuesday's non-conference match against Houghton at 5 PM.