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Box Score 2 DAYTON -- The University of Dayton men's tennis team won both of its matches on Sunday to push the team's current winning streak to six matches. The Flyers are now 10-4 this season and have outscored opponents by a 32-1 margin during their winning streak. Wright State is now 7-8 this season, while Wittenberg owns a 6-3 record. Dayton has now won six straight matches against Wright State head-to-head.
The Flyers got off to a slow start on the day as Wright State was able to grab the doubles point with a pair of 6-2 victories on the top two courts to secure an early 1-0 lead. Dayton put away any doubt of an upset away fairly quickly in singles play however as
Jordan Benjamin (No. 1),
Langford Hills (No. 2),
Spencer Richey (No. 3),
Joe DeMarco (No. 5) and
Lorenzo Rollhauser (No. 6) all won in straight sets to clinch.
Steven Karl also went on to win in three sets at No. 4 to give UD the 6-1 team win.
Several Flyers got to make their dual match lineup debuts against Wittenberg, as
Jayman Jhattu and
Peter Schulteis both made their first appearance during the spring on Sunday. The Flyers came away victorious in all eight matches, including a pair of doubles wins, to come away with a 7-0 sweep over the Tigers. Freshman
Joe DeMarco also got experience playing at the top of the lineup with a 7-6, 6-4 win at No. 1.
Dayton heads off to Chicago next weekend for matches against DePaul on Friday, Mar. 15 at 7 p.m. and UIC on Mar. 16 at 1 p.m.
Look below for full results from Sunday.
Dayton 6, Wright State 1
Doubles
1. Param Pun/Lorenzo Maccarini (WSU) def.
Jordan Benjamin/
Spencer Richey (UD) 6-2
2. Carlos Sanchez/Leighton Brandon (WSU) def.
Langford Hills/
Steven Karl (UD) 6-2
3. Javier de la Villa/Theo Bourghelle (WSU) vs.
Parker Banning/
Joe DeMarco (UD) unfinished
Singles
1.
Jordan Benjamin (UD) def. Param Pun (WSU) 6-2, 6-3
2.
Langford Hills (UD) def. Lorenzo Maccarini (WSU) 6-0, 6-2
3.
Spencer Richey (UD) def. Javier de la Villa (WSU) 6-1, 6-1
4.
Steven Karl (UD) def. Leighton Brandon (WSU) 6-4, 6-7, 10-7
5.
Joe DeMarco (UD) def. William Morton (WSU) 6-1, 6-3
6.
Lorenzo Rollhauser (UD) def. Theo Bourghelle (WSU) 6-4, 6-4
Dayton 7, Wittenberg 0
Doubles
1) Hill/DeMarco vs. Mora/Minard (DNF)
2) Richey/Jhattu def. Tay/Patton; 6-1
3) Schulteis/Harper def. McNulty/Thomas; 6-1
Singles
1)
Joe DeMarco def. Martin Mora; 7-6, 6-4
2)
Steven Karl def. Timmy McNulty; 6-0, 6-0
3)
Lorenzo Rollhauser def. Gavin Tay; 6-0, 6-1
4)
Parker Banning def. Joe Patton; 8-1
5)
Jayman Jhattu def. Luke Minard; 8-0
6)
Peter Schulteis def. Kieren Thomas; 6-2, 6-0