ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The LIU men's tennis team heads into the winter off some quality results at this weekend's Navy Invitational.
Among the positive results:
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Arthur Voiseux and
Philip Hilble defeated Delaware's Nicholas Gore and William Wibmer in doubles, 6-4.
• Hilble defeated Wibmer in singles, 7-6 (9-7), 6-1.
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Lucas Hornung defeated Navy's Caleb Miller, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).
• Sergio Fernandez and
Ales D'Anna defeated Navy's Jeffrey Etterbeek and Nathan Nguyen, 7-6 (7-3) in a doubles match that included saving two match points.
Each singles player had three matches in the group stage, then had a fourth crossover playoff match.
"In our last and most competitive invite tournament of the fall season, our men competed very well with well-established teams like Monmouth, Delaware, Navy and NJIT. We also got to see our conference opponent Wagner, against which we did not drop a match," associate head coach
Pavlos Stephanides said. "Overall, the guys put in some great performances throughout the weekend. The work on the mental part of the game is starting to show.
"We're thrilled with Phil and his singles win over UD, with Ales, Arthur and Lucas with tough singles wins over Navy, and Sergio, Akhil and Tuna for their convincing wins over NJIT. Also congrats to Ales and Sergio getting a big win against Navy in doubles after saving two match points, Phil and Arthur getting a win over UD and Gui and Lucas taking down NJIT in doubles."