PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne University men's tennis team made the short trip across town and picked up a 7-2 victory over Carnegie Mellon on its home courts.
The Dukes got off to a strong start sweeping the doubles round to go up 3-0.
David Georgadze /
Tamirlan Teberikov led the way in the top spot with an 8-1 victory.
Jin Dassanayake /
Kaipo Marshall and
Liam Wickwire /
Bode Vance earned a pair of hard-fought victories in the #2 and #3 spots. The Dassanayake/Marshall duo battled out an 8-7 win with a 7-5 tiebreak, then Wickwire/Vance secured the third point in an 8-6 decision.
Marshall continued the Red and Blue's roll cruising to a 6-0, 6-1 victory in the top singles spot and has now won seven straight matches, improving to 10-2 in the #1 position this season. Geordadze came back from a set down and an early second frame deficit to win 8-6 in a tiebreak, then carried the momentum into a 6-1 third set to clinch the win at #2. Carnegie Mellon got a pair of points with wins at #3 and #6.
Valentin Vasquez led 6-2, 6-5 before his opponent retired at the #4 position and
Keita Duclos rounded out the scoring for the Dukes with a three-set victory in the fifth flight.
Duquesne will wrap up the regular season with an A-10 match on April 20 against Saint Louis in Dayton, Ohio. The conference championships are scheduled for April 26-30 in Orlando, Fla.
Doubles Results
1.
David Georgadze /
Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) def. Matthew Poh / Nicholas Wernink (CMU) 8-1
2.
Jin Dassanayake /
Kaipo Marshall (DUQ) def. Derek Wong / Akshay Joshi (CMU) 8-7 (7-5)
3.
Liam Wickwire /
Bode Vance (DUQ) def. Raahil Doshi / Jaden D'Abreo (CMU) 8-6
Singles Results
1.
Kaipo Marshall (DUQ) def. Raahil Doshi (CMU) 6-0, 6-1
2.
David Georgadze (DUQ) def. Nicholas Wernink (CMU) 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1
3. Matthew Poh (CMU) def.
Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) 6-3, 6-4
4.
Valentin Vasquez (DUQ) def. Jonathan Nottingham (CMU) 6-2, 6-5, WR
5.
Keita Duclos (DUQ) def. Sebastien Lhuillier (CMU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
6. Chaitanya Irkar (CMU) def.
Bode Vance (DUQ) 6-2, 2-6, 1-6
