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Dayton men's tennis freshman Mikkel Zander returns a backhand during action at the James O'Connell Memorial Tournament

Men's Tennis

#UDMTEN Quartet Earn Wins At ITA National Championships

Connor Bruce, Nikola Puric, Kyle McNally And Mikkel Zander All Picked Up Victories

Box Score TULSA, Okla. – The University of Dayton men's tennis team and its record six student-athletes are set to return to the Gem City from a weekend at the ITA All-American Championships on the campus of the University of Tulsa, with Connor Bruce, Nikola Puric, Kyle McNally and Mikkel Zinder each picking up victories.
 
Bruce, a fifth year from Pittsburgh, Pa., opened up the weekend with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 victory over Nevada's Pedro Liborio.
 
Adding to the Flyers' victories over was graduate transfer Nikola Puric. The Belgrade, Serbia native won his final match of the weekend against Youssef Kadiri of Nevada, 6-4, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3.
 
In his first ITA All-Americans experience, freshman Mikkel Zinder picked up a victory over Arkansas's Jared Horwood. The Richboro, Pa. native came back to defeat Horwood 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Fellow freshman Kyle McNally picked up a victry in the consolation bracket due to an injury retirement of opponent Mathas Moysan of Saint Mary's.

RESULTS
Connor Bruce (Dayton) def. Pedro Liborio (Nevada) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
Ondrej Horak (Middle Tennessee State) def. Connor Bruce (Dayton) 6-2, 6-4
 
Vanja Hodzic (Wichita State) def. Mikkel Zinder (Dayton) 4-6, 4-6
Mikkel Zinder (Dayton) def. Jared Horwood (Arkansas) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
 
Anthony Weingarten (Kennesaw State) def. Nikola Puric (Dayton) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
Nikola Puric (Dayton) def. Youssef Kadiri (Nevada) 6-4, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3
 
Thomas Kennedy (Furman) def. Kyle McNally (Dayton) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
Kyle McNally (Dayton) def. Mathas Moysan (Saint Mary's) 3-3, retirement

Luka Petrovic (Tulane) def. Matt DeMarco (Dayton) 6-4, 6-4
Dante Russo (Temple) def. Matt DeMarco (Dayton) 6-1, 6-1
 
Peter Murphy (North Carolina) def. Ronit Hiryur (Dayton) 6-7 (7-5), 6-2, 6-1
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers have a few weeks off before returning to action, traveling to Chattanooga, Tenn. to take part in the ITA Regionals Oct. 12 – 15 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
 
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Players Mentioned

Matt DeMarco

Matt DeMarco

Fifth Year
Connor  Bruce

Connor Bruce

Fifth Year
Ronit Hiryur

Ronit Hiryur

Senior
Kyle McNally

Kyle McNally

Freshman
Nikola Puric

Nikola Puric

Fifth Year
Mikkel Zinder

Mikkel Zinder

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Matt DeMarco

Matt DeMarco

Fifth Year
Connor  Bruce

Connor Bruce

Fifth Year
Ronit Hiryur

Ronit Hiryur

Senior
Kyle McNally

Kyle McNally

Freshman
Nikola Puric

Nikola Puric

Fifth Year
Mikkel Zinder

Mikkel Zinder

Freshman