PITTSBURGH - The Duquesne University men's tennis team celebrated Senior Day with a 7-0 sweep of visiting Saint Francis on Saturday afternoon at the Alpha Tennis and Fitness Center.
The Dukes improve to 7-4 on the season and have now won five straight matches.
David Georgadze/
Tamirlan Teberikov battled out a 7-5 win in the top doubles flight, then
Liam Wickwire/
Pierce Manning claimed a hard-fought 6-4 victory in the #3 position to secure the first point of the match.
Kaipo Marshall came back from dropping the first set with 6-0 and 6-1 wins to take the #1 singles spot, then DU cruised to sweeps in the final five flights.
Jin Dassanayake surrendered just three sets in his dominating win at #4.
Prior to the match, the Dukes recognized senior
David Georgadze for his contributions to the program.
Duquesne will return to conference play on Friday at St. Bonaventure.
Doubles Results
1.
David Georgadze/
Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) def. KUSH, Adam/PALKO, Zachary (SFUM) 7-5
2. BANTI, Christian/REESE, Patrick (SFUM) def.
Kaipo Marshall/
Jin Dassanayake (DUQ) 6-3
3.
Liam Wickwire/
Pierce Manning (DUQ) def. GARCIA, Jordi/KOZAR, Matt (SFUM) 6-4
Singles Results
1.
Kaipo Marshall (DUQ) def. KUSH, Adam (SFUM) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
2.
David Georgadze (DUQ) def. BANTI, Christian (SFUM) 6-3, 6-4
3.
Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) def. GARCIA, Jordi (SFUM) 6-3, 6-2
4.
Jin Dassanayake (DUQ) def. KOZAR, Matt (SFUM) 6-1, 6-2
5.
Valentin Vasquez (DUQ) def. REESE, Patrick (SFUM) 6-4, 6-4
6.
Keita Duclos (DUQ) def. PALKO, Zachary (SFUM) 6-2, 6-2
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