LOUISVILLE – The University of Dayton men's tennis team took down Bellarmine 5-2 on Friday afternoon in Louisville.

The victory brings the Flyers to 5-6 on the season despite dropping the doubles point to Bellarmine.

Dayton won the No. 2 doubles with Steven Karl and Georgi Mavrodiev getting a 6-3 victory, but couldn't take either the first or third flights.

The team bounced back, taking five of six singles matches. Mavrodiev capped off a 2-0 day with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the No. 4 singles match.

Matt DeMarco and Will Harper also took the third singles and fifth flights in two. Connor Bruce continued his success taking the No. 1 flight in three sets, with fellow freshman Oliver Dunne taking the last two frames to pick up his first career dual singles victory in the sixth flight.

RESULTS: Dayton 5, Bellarmine 2
Singles:
1. Connor Bruce (Dayton) def. Evan Bottorff (Bellarmine) 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
2. Emil Bjoerlykke Ber (Bellarmine) def. Steven Karl (Dayton) 6-1, 6-2
3. Matt DeMarco (Dayton) def. Paul Reynolds (Bellarmine) 6-3, 6-3
4. Georgi Mavrodiev (Dayton) def. Michael Staff (Bellarmine) 6-3, 6-2
5. Will Harper (Dayton) def. Sam Rueff (Bellarmine) 6-3, 6-4
6. Oliver Dunne (Dayton) def. Eli Franks (Bellarmine) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Doubles:
1. Evan Bottorff/Paul Reynolds (Bellarmine) def. Joe DeMarco/Connor Bruce (Dayton) 6-3
2. Steven Karl/Georgi Mavrodiev (Dayton) def. Emil Bjoerlykke Ber/Michael Staff (Bellarmine) 6-3
3. Eli Franks/Sam Rueff (Bellarmine) def. Peter Schulteis/Jayman Jhattu (Dayton) 7-5

Up Next:
The Flyers will head to Nashville tomorrow for a 4 p.m. matchup at Belmont.