DAYTON, Ohio – The Duquesne University men's tennis team finished its regular season on Thursday falling, 4-1, to St. Louis in a neutral site, Atlantic 10 matchup in Dayton.
David Georgadze picked up the lone point of the day for the Dukes, a 6-4, 7-5 sweep of the top Billiken in the #1 singles position.
St. Louis took two of three in doubles action to get the first point of the match. Georgadze/
Tamirlan Teberikov rolled to a 6-2 win at the #1 spot, but the Billikens answered with consecutive 6-3, 6-1 victories to claim the point.
Singles #5 and #6 were left unfinished after St. Louis clinched the match with sweeps at #2 and #4, then a three-setter in the third flight.
Valentin Vasquez stayed alive with a tiebreak victory in the second set, but came up short (6-4) in the decider at #3.
Duquesne (8-7, 1-3) will travel to Orlando, Fla. for the A-10 Championships set for April 26-30.
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Doubles Results
1.
David Georgadze/
Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) def. Luca Lo Nardo/Andres Castellanos (SLU) 6-2
2. Ryota Fukushima/Theo Ortis (SLU) def.
Liam Wickwire/
Bode Vance (DUQ) 6-3
3. Adam Behun/Eliott Ekindi (SLU) def.
Valentin Vasquez/
Keita Duclos (DUQ) 6-1
Singles Results
1.
David Georgadze (DUQ) def. Ryota Fukushima (SLU-M) 6-4, 7-5
2. Theo Ortis (SLU) def.
Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) 6-3, 6-4
3. Adam Behun (SLU) def.
Valentin Vasquez (DUQ) 6-2, 6-7, 6-4
4. Luca Lo Nardo (SLU) def.
Keita Duclos (DUQ) 6-3, 6-4
5. Jonathan Sadowski (SLU) vs.
Bode Vance (DUQ) 7-6, 2-0, unfinished
6. Sansh Kumar (SLU) vs.
Chris Cianciotti (DUQ) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
