FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The 25th-ranked Salisbury University men's tennis team took the fight to its Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) but came up just short, falling to the 19th-ranked Mary Washington Eagles 4-3 on Wednesday afternoon at Hegmann Family Courts.
MATCH NOTES
- The Sea Gulls captured the first point of the day by rolling through all three doubles tilts. Gianluca Beaujon and Mitchell Desman tore through second doubles, 6-0, while Aron Bursztyn and Gurv Suri easily handled third doubles, 6-2.
- Asher Willenborg and Jhayden Pappas made it three-for-three by pulling out a 7-6 decision in first doubles.
- Willenborg kept rolling through first singles, dispatching Trevor Rein in straight sets (6-1, 6-4).
- Suri and Nicholas O'Dea each won their first sets in third and fifth singles, respectively, before their Eagle foils rallied to win in three sets.
- Maas Jacobs earned a third point for SU in sixth singles, outlasting Albert Vladimirskiy in a three-set tiebreaker, 6-4, 6-7, 10-8.
The Sea Gulls will return home for a pair of matches on Saturday, Apr. 26, against Stevenson at 11 a.m. and No. 24 Christopher Newport at 3 p.m. Before the Stevenson match, SU will honor its five graduating seniors:
Gianluca Beaujon,
Christopher Catan,
Mitchell Desman,
Jhayden Pappas, and
Russell Willenborg.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming) and the Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 202 conference championships, and have produced 51 Academic All-Americans.
To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit www.SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
