Box Score DAVIDSON, N.C. – The University of Dayton men's tennis team finished off a 2-0 conference weekend with a 4-0 win over Richmond on Saturday afternoon in a neutral-site match at Davidson. Senior
Will Harper picked up a pair of victories between doubles and singles play in the win.
The Flyers improve to 14-6 on the season and cap off a perfect 4-0 regular season against A-10 opponents. Richmond falls to 10-9 and 2-2 in conference play.
Dayton opened the match by taking the doubles point. Harper and junior
Connor Bruce took the set on Court One over Daniel Kliebhan and John Walsh 6-1 for their second doubles victory of the weekend. Senior
Joe DeMarco and sophomore
Ronit Hiryur also finished a 2-0 weekend with a 6-4 win in No. 3 doubles over Sebastian Miano and Alex Wernink to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead.
Junior
Matt DeMarco put UD up 2-0 with a quick win in No. 4 singles over Ricky Bell 6-1, 6-1. Within 10 minutes of DeMarco finishing on Court Four, the Flyers had won the match.
Harper got the win over Wernink in No. 3 singles 6-2, 6-0 to extend Dayton's lead to 3-0 and redshirt senior
Steven Karl clinched the match on Court Six with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Alaister Burke. It marked the 66
th win of Karl's career, putting him one singles victory behind Jonathan Khoury for seventh in program history.
The Flyers will finish the regular season on Wednesday at Butler. The match is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. in Indianapolis as Dayton's final tune-up before the Atlantic 10 Championship.
