MIAMISBURG, Ohio – The University of Dayton men's tennis team won two matches on Sunday against Saint Louis and IU East at South Regency Tennis Center in Miamisburg.
 
"Great weekend overall for Flyer tennis," head coach Ryan Meyer said. "We started slow against SLU and it cost us the doubles point. I was happy with the way we bounced back to get four straight points and clinch the match. We are in a terrific position as we get closer to the A-10 Tournament. We have to continue to build on our games and prepare for Orlando."
 
The Flyers have won six straight matches and improve to 10-0 at home in 2021. Dayton is 11-5 overall and 2-0 against A-10 opponents this season.
 
UD opened the day with a morning victory over Saint Louis. The Flyers dropped the doubles point in No. 2 and No. 3 doubles before storming back to dominate singles play.
 
Sophomore Connor Bruce took No. 1 singles in straight sets over Oscar Alvarez 6-3, 6-4. The second singles flight went unfinished as did the fourth. Freshman Erik Eliasson took No. 5 singles, also in straight sets and senior Will Harper took the sixth singles flight 6-1, 6-1. Sophomore Georgi Mavrodiev clinched the match in No. 3 singles, taking down Eliott Ekindi 7-5, 6-3 to give Dayton the first win on Sunday.
 
"I'm happy we took care of business this morning," Mavrodiev said. "Saint Louis is a great team who doesn't let up easy so it was good to see everyone come together as a team to dig deep to win those singles courts."
 
Dayton returned later on Sunday to take on IU East, and continued the momentum into the match with the Red Wolves.
 
Bruce and sophomore Max DeCurtins took care of business in No. 1 doubles, winning 6-0 and Mavrodiev and junior Joe DeMarco gave Dayton a 1-0 lead with a 6-1 victory in the second doubles flight.
 
Bruce finished a 3-0 weekend in singles play, shutting out Francisco Faundez 6-0, 6-0 in straight sets. Senior Steven Karl took the second singles flight, and Harper took No. 3 singles, both winning 6-1, 6-0. Joe DeMarco also shut out Sebastian Torrealba in No. 4 singles and DeCurtins and sophomore Oliver Dunne finished off the match with wins in the fifth and sixth singles flights.
 
The Flyers will return return on Friday, April 9 at 3 p.m. with a match against Belmont.