ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Dayton men's tennis team bowed out in the Atlantic 10 Championship final Saturday evening, falling to No. 1 seed VCU 4-0 at the USTA National Campus.
 
It was the second consecutive year the Flyers met the Rams in the A-10 Championship final and the sixth straight conference tournament title for VCU.

Dayton finishes the season 15-11, marking the fourth time in the last five full seasons the Flyers have finished with 15+ wins in a season.

Weather played a role in yet another match during the Championship, forcing the final indoors. VCU jumped ahead by winning the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2, and rode the momentum into singles.
 
The Rams continued to roll with quick wins at No. 5 and No. 2 singles. The clincher came at No. 3 to send VCU back to the NCAA Tournament.
 
UD, who came into the Championship as the No. 6 seed, earned their spot in the championship after winning two matches on Friday, April 28. The Flyers outlasted No. 3 seed Saint Louis in a rain-soaked quarterfinal match that finished after midnight and came back to win in dramatic fashion over No. 2 seed Richmond behind freshman Sai Dore's heroics, 4-3.


SINGLES
1. def. Connor Bruce (UD) 6-3
2. def. Matt DeMarco (UD) 6-1, 6-4
3. def. Ronit Hiryur (UD)
4. def. Eric Perkowski (UD) 6-2,
5. Romain Gales def. Sai Dore (UD) 6-1, 6-1
6. def. Georgi Mavrodiev (UD) 6-1,
 
Order of Finish: 5, 2, 4
 
DOUBLES
1. Bertimon/Bertimon (VCU) def. Ronit Hiryur/Matt DeMarco 6-4
2. Bobichon/Stable (VCU) def. Connor Bruce/Sai Dore (UD) 6-1
3. Eric Perkowski/Georgi Mavrodiev (UD) vs. Gales/Almeida (VCU) 3-5 unfinished
 
Order of Finish 2, 1

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