PITTSBURGH – The University of Dayton men's tennis team opened up Atlantic 10 Conference play with a 5-2 win on the road at Duquesne Sunday.

The Dukes picked up the doubles point by taking No. 1 and No. 3 doubles matches, but the Flyers bounced back with wins at No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 singles.

Flyer freshman Georgi Mavrodiev won both his matches, at No. 2 doubles and No. 4 singles, and he clinched the victory for UD with his singles triumph.

Fellow freshman Connor Bruce won at No. 1 singles.

"Today we didn't play Flyer tennis. We allowed them (Duquesne) to have higher energy which resulted in some tight matches," said Bruce. "It does feel good to come back to Dayton with a win but we are past it and look forward to working our butts off this week in preparation for IUPUI. Go Flyers!"

Sophomore Matt DeMarco at No. 3 singles, freshman Joe DeMarco at No. 5 singles, and junior Will Harper at No. 6 singles also picked up wins for Dayton.

"It's good to get the W but we didn't play well today. We have goals to compete for a conference championship and today we didn't play anywhere near that level," said head coach Ryan Meyer. "We're going to spend this week making improvements and preparing for IUPUI."

Up Next
The Flyers host IUPUI this Friday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. at South Regency Tennis Center.
 
Dayton 5, Duquesne 2
Singles
1. Connor Bruce (DAYTON) def.  Alex Mascioli (Duquesne) 6-4, 7-5
2. Jared Issacs (Duquesne) def. Steven Karl (DAYTON) 6-4, 6-4
3. Matt DeMarco (DAYTON) def. Jin Dassanayake (Duquesne) 6-4, 6-1
4. Georgi Mavrodiev (DAYTON) def. Dominic Lea  (Duquesne) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
5. Joe DeMarco (DAYTON) def. Joey Matthews (Duquesne) 6-4, 6-4
6. Will Harper (DAYTON) def. Graham Conron (Duquesne) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles
1. Alex Mascioli / Jin Dassanayake (Duquesne) def. Connor Bruce/Joe DeMarco (DAYTON) 6-2
2. Steven Karl / Georgi Mavrodiev (DAYTON) def. Graham Conron / Joey Matthews (Duquesne) 6-3
3. Dominic Lea / Jared Isaacs (Duquesne) def. Matt DeMarco/Jayman Jhattu (DAYTON) 6-3
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (); Singles ()