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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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