DAYTON – The University of Dayton men's tennis team finished off the regular season with a win over Wayne State 5-2 on Tuesday afternoon at Graul Tennis Complex.
 
"It's been over three weeks since our last match," head coach Ryan Meyer said. "It was great to get outdoors and play Wayne State today. We started a bit slow but picked up the pace as we got more comfortable. Hopefully this experience will carry over into A-10s next week."
 
The Flyers are now 12-5 in 2021 and finish the regular season with a seven-match winning streak and a perfect 11-0 record at home after not competing in a match prior to Tuesday's since March 28.
 
UD got the ball rolling in doubles play, taking two of three matches from the Warriors. Sophomores Connor Bruce and Max DeCurtins opened the match with a win in No. 1 doubles, taking a 6-1 victory over Dom Spicer and Luke Laws. Sophomore Matt DeMarco and senior Steven Karl took the point for Dayton with a 6-3 win in No. 2 doubles to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead.
 
Dayton would take four of six singles matches as well to earn the 5-2 victory. Bruce took the win in No. 1 singles over Spicer in straight sets 6-3, 6-0. Karl took the second singles flight over Daniel Gray, 7-5, 6-1 and Matt DeMarco won in No. 4 singles, also in straight sets 6-2, 6-1. Senior Will Harper would finish the afternoon with a straight-set victory over Donovan Nguyen, not allowing a point in a 6-0, 6-0 win in the sixth singles flight.
 
The Flyers will head to the Atlantic 10 Championship in at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Fla. The championship will take place from Thursday, April 29 through Sunday, May 2.