ORLANDO, Fla. - The Duquesne men's tennis team will travel to the USTA National Campus for the Atlantic 10 Championships beginning on April 28.
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The Dukes (9-9, 2-2 A-10) earned the No. 7 seed in the tournament and will open play against No. 10 seed Fordham in an opening round dual.
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For the Dukes,
Kaipo Marshall went 8-9 on the season while playing exclusively at the No. 1 singles position. He enters the postseason with wins in two of his last three matches, including a 6-4, 7-6 win over George Mason's Rishab Sardana to close out the regular-season.
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Alex Mascioli has been the team's winningest singles player this spring. He is 12-4 overall, 4-0 in conference play, and has won eight of his last 10 singles matches entering postseason play.
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Tamirlan Teberikov slots just behind Mascioli with a 10-6 mark this spring in singles play.
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In doubles play, Mascioli and
Alejandro Rodriguez-Vidal have found late-season success as a team. The duo has paired up in each of the past three matches and won the No. 1 doubles position for the Dukes.
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Marshall and
Jin Dassanayake have teamed up to go 6-3 in double play this spring, however Dassanayake and
Joey Matthews have paired up in the past three duals and gone 2-1 as a pairing.
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The winning team in the opening round match between the Dukes and Rams will draw No. 2 seed Saint Joseph's in the A-10 Championship Quarterfinals on Friday, April 29 at 11:30 a.m.
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