Kalamazoo, Mich. (9/23/18) – The University of Detroit Mercy men's tennis team wrapped up a strong performance with a 4-2 record on the final day of the Western Michigan Universitiy Vredevelt Invitational.
As a team, the Titans finished the invite with an 11-7 record in singles.
Freshman
Dino Bonetta defeated Notre Dame's Paul Gota, 6-4 and 6-1, from Flight B, while sophomore
Yevhen Sirous defeated Valparaiso's Daniel Langston, 6-4 and 6-4, in Flight E.
Sophomore
Gvidas Motuzas added a win over DePaul's Conor O'Meara in Flight F and senior
Adam Zychowicz added a 6-1, 6-3 win over Kris Knof from WMU in Flight I.
After a 2-0 start to the weekend, sophomore
Luka Soskic dropped a 6-3, 6-1 decision to Lenhard Haupt from Western Michigan in Flight A.
Detroit Mercy returns to action next weekend at the Rocket Invitational in Toledo, Ohio.
FULL RESULTS
SINGLES
Flight A - Luka Soskic
- Def. Nathan Griffin (Notre Dame) 6-3, 6-4
- Def. Michael Dickson (Butler) 6-7, 6-2, 10-8
- Lost to Lenhard Haupt (Western Michigan) 6-3, 6-1
Flight B - Dino Bonetta
- Lost to Matej Svjetlicic (Western Michigan) 6-4, 6-4
- Lost to Kweisi Kenyatte (Valparaiso) 6-3, 6-3
- Def. Paul Gota (Notre Dame) 6-4, 6-1
Flight E – Yevhen Sirous
- Lost to Gabriel Carvajal (Valparaiso) 6-4, 6-3
- Def. Diego Herrera (Illinois State) 6-4, 6-3
- Def. Daniel Langston (Valparaiso) 6-4, 6-4
Flight F- Gvidas Motuzas
- Lost to Brian Pecyna (Valparaiso) 6-7, 6-4, 10-5
- Lost to Tyler Raclin (Chicago) 6-3, 1-6, 10-3
- Def. Conor O'Meara (DePaul) 6-4, 7-6
Flight F – Alvaro Arce Lopez-Sanchez
- Def. Alejandro Rodriguez (Chicago) 6-3, 5-7, 10-6
- Def. Zac Faveri (Western Michigan) 7-6, 5-7, 10-8
- Lost to Jorge Quispe (Illinois State) 6-2, 6-2
Flight I – Adam Zychowicz
- Def. Nick Marino (Valparais) 8-0
- Def. Brandon Lew (Illinois State) 8-4
- Def. Kris Knof (Western Michigan) 6-1, 6-3
DOUBLES
Sirous/Soskic
- Lost to Aviv Ben Shabat/Mason Dragos (Butler) 6-3
- Lost to Tyler Raclin/Jeremy yuan (Chicago) 7-5
- Def. Franz Luna/Marksymillian Rapuk (Purdue) 6-4
Motuzas/Bonetta
- Lost to Tamas Zador/Tripp Tuff (DePaul) 6-3
- Def. Jorge Barta/Pol Botifoll Riu (Illinois State) 6-1
- Lost to Paul Gota/Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame) 6-2
Zychowicz/Sanchez-Lopez
- Lost to Alex Guzhva/Alejandro Rodriguez (Chicago) 6-4
- Lost to Drew Michael/Ryan Roegner (Butler) 7-6
- Def. Brandon Lew/Diego Herrera (Illinois State) 6-1