PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne University men's tennis team won its first match of the spring on Friday night, defeating Carnegie Mellon, 7-0. Duquesne moves to 1-3 with the victory. 

Duquesne was all business tonight, coming out and dominating the courts. 

The Dukes won two out of the three doubles matches to start off the night. Graduate student David Georgadze and junior Tamirlan Teberikov won as the No. 1 pair, 6-4. Redshirt sophomore Liam Wickwire and freshman Keita Duclos won out of the No. 3 spot, 6-4.

In singles, the Dukes swept all six matches. Junior Kaipo Marshall returned as Duquesne's No. 1 and won his match, 6-2, 6-4. Georgadze followed him with a quick 6-1, 6-1 victory.

Teberikov won in the No. 3 spot, 6-4, 7-5, then senior Jin Dassanayake beat his opponent, 6-2, 6-1. Freshman Valentin Vasquez and junior Bode Vance wrapped up the night with wins of their own, resulting in a 7-0 win by the Dukes.

The Dukes will be back on the court tomorrow at 1:00 P.M. for a men's and women's doubleheader against Colgate at home.

Singles competition
1. Kaipo Marshall (DUQ) def. Nicholas Wernink (CMUM) 6-2, 6-4
2. David Georgadze (DUQ) def. Matthew Poh (CMUM) 6-1, 6-1
3. Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) def. William Wang (CMUM) 6-4, 7-5
4. Jin Dassanayake (DUQ) def. Akshay Joshi (CMUM) 6-2, 6-1
5. Valentin Vasquez (DUQ) def. Sebastien Lhuillier (CMUM) 6-3, 6-2
6. Bode Vance (DUQ) def. Chaitanya Irkar (CMUM) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. David Georgadze/Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) def. Matthew Poh/Nicholas Wernink (CMUM) 6-4
2. Derek Wong/Akshay Joshi (CMUM) def. Jin Dassanayake/Kaipo Marshall (DUQ) 6-3
3. Liam Wickwire/Keita Duclos (DUQ) def. Sebastien Lhuillier/Chaitanya Irkar (CMUM) 6-4