PHILADELPHIA, PA. – The Purple Eagles men's tennis program concluded the ITA Northeast Regional Friday afternoon at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa.
Tournament Recap
Singles
• On Thursday,
Trevor Masi went 2-0 to qualify for competition Friday.
• Masi defeated Yale's Walker Oberg (6-2, 6-2) in his first match of the day, followed by a three-set win over Quinnipiac's Javier Casasolas (6-4, 4-6, 11-9).
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William Gothlin fell to St. John's Yaron Guberman in three sets (4-6, 6-2, 11-9), failing to advance to Friday.
• On Friday, Masi squared off with Marc Blekham of Lafayette, winning the first set 6-1, before falling 6-3, 6-3 in the second and third sets.
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Manuel Alonso fell in his singles match Friday, dropping a two-set match to Jan Semarek of Merrimack, 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles
• Niagara had one doubles pairing play in qualifying on Thursday and that was
Eduardo Villalpando and
Jorge Sedeno. The duo battled but ended up falling to Lehigh's Matt Kleiman and Jeremy Learner, 8-6.
• On Friday the pairing of Masi and Alonso dropped their doubles match, 8-3, to Alex Hammitt and Matvey Randionov.
Up Next
The Purple Eagles return home to take on Daemen Oct. 24 at the Niagara Tennis Courts.
