PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne University men's tennis team beat Mercyhurst on Wednesday afternoon, defeating the Lakers 6-1.

The Dukes move to 4-4 with the win and have won four out of their last five matches.

Duquesne won all three doubles matches, taking the first point of the day. Graduate student David Georgadze and junior Tamirlan Teberikov improved to 5-2 as a team this season.

In singles, Duquesne was victorious in five of the six matches. Junior Kaipo Marshall improved to 4-2 as the No. 1 and senior Jin Dassanayake won as the No. 3 today, moving to 5-3 on the year. 

The Dukes host Ashland on Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. ET.

Singles competition
1. Kaipo Marshall (DUQ) def. Ben Davis (MERCYHUR) 6-0, 6-1
2. David Georgadze (DUQ) def. Noha De Sousa Pereir (MERCYHUR) 6-2, 6-7, 11-9
3. Jin Dassanayake (DUQ) def. Hristo Plasheski (MERCYHUR) 6-0, 6-1
4. Lukas Cabue (MERCYHUR) def. Valentin Vasquez (DUQ) 6-3, 3-6, 10-7
5. Liam Wickwire (DUQ) def. Juan Carlos Hernande (MERCYHUR) 6-1, 6-2
6. Chris Cianciotti (DUQ) def. Avik Agrawal (MERCYHUR) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. David Georgadze/Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) def. Noha De Sousa Pereir/Ben Davis (MERCYHUR) 6-4
2. Kaipo Marshall/Jin Dassanayake (DUQ) def. Lukas Cabue/Hristo Plasheski (MERCYHUR) 7-5
3. Bode Vance/Keita Duclos (DUQ) def. Juan Carlos Hernande/Avik Agrawal (MERCYHUR) 6-0