PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne University men's tennis team won its second match in two days on Saturday, this time defeating Colgate, 5-2.
The Dukes move to 2-3 while Colgate falls to 0-4.
Duquesne won all three doubles matches as the pairs of
David Georgadze/
Tamirlan Teberikov,
Jin Dassanayake/
Kaipo Marshall and
Keita Duclos/
Liam Wickwire all grabbed wins, none closer than 6-4.
In singles, Marshall kicked things off out of the No. 1 spot with his third win of the spring and remained undefeated in singles play. Georgadze moved to 2-3 in singles with his win, Dassanyake moved to 3-2 and
Valentin Vasquez improved to 3-1 on his own. Colegate did manage to win out of the the No. 5 and 6 spots, but it wasn't enough.
The Dukes travel to Toledo, Ohio next weekend to take on Toledo and Chicago State.
Singles competition
1.
Kaipo Marshall (DUQ) def. Jack Selati (COLGATE) 6-2, 6-2
2.
David Georgadze (DUQ) def. Max Litton (COLGATE) 7-6, 6-2
3.
Jin Dassanayake (DUQ) def. Ben Graham (COLGATE) 6-2, 6-2
4.
Valentin Vasquez (DUQ) def. Adian Lee (COLGATE) 7-5, 6-2
5. Mike Thomas (COLGATE) def.
Bode Vance (DUQ) 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
6. Tejas Gupta (COLGATE) def.
Liam Wickwire (DUQ) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
1.
David Georgadze/
Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) def. Max Litton/Benito Vlassis (COLGATE) 6-3
2.
Jin Dassanayake/
Kaipo Marshall (DUQ) def. Mason Caldwell/John Fazli (COLGATE) 6-4
3.
Keita Duclos/
Liam Wickwire (DUQ) def. Dean Vlassis/Ben Graham (COLGATE) 6-3