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The Dayton Men's Tennis team, wearing their red uniform tops, huddle with their hands high in the air prior to their match against Lipscomb
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Winner Dayton UD (13-6)
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Saint Louis SLU (7-2)
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Dayton UD
(13-6)
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Final
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Saint Louis SLU
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

#UDMTEN Sweeps Weekend with 4-0 Takedown of SLU

McNally, Phillips, And Zinder Won Singles

O'FALLON, Ill. - The University of Dayton men's tennis team made it a clean sweep of Atlantic 10 action this weekend, taking down host Saint Louis 4-0 at the St. Clair Racquet Club.

The Flyers improve to 13-6  on the season and 2-1 in A-10 action.

UD got ahead courtesy of the doubles point, once again winning at No. 1 and No. 3. Fifth-years Connor Bruce and Matt DeMarco won 6-3 at No. 1 and freshman Kyle McNally and senior Ronit Hiryur won 6-2 at No. 3.

McNally continued his dominant rookie campaign with a 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles, while frellow freshman Mikkel Zinder turned in a convincing win at No. 4 singles, 6-1 6-2. Junior Davis Phillips made it a 2-0 weekend with a 6-4, 6-3 victory at No. 6.

SINGLES
1. Bruce (UD) vs. Fukushima (SLU) 6-4, 4-4 unfinished
2. DeMarco (UD) vs. Castellanos (SLU) 6-3, 5-4 unfinished
3. McNally (UD) def. Lo Nardo (SLU) 6-1, 6-3
4. Zinder (UD) def. Townsend (SLU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Saraiva (UD) vs. Ortis (SLU) 6-2, 4-3 unfinished
6. Phillips (UD) def. Vasquez (SLU) 6-4, 6-3

DOUBLES
1. Bruce / DeMarco (UD) def. Sadowski / Townsend (SLU) 6-3
2. Suk / Zinder (UD) vs. Ortis / Fukushima (SLU) 5-3 unfinished
3. McNally / Hiryur (UD) def. Lo Nardo / Vasquez

UP NEXT
Dayton returns home to take on Xavier on Sunday, March 17 at 12 p.m.
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