Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Duquesne University men's tennis team continued its fall campaign this weekend, competing at the Carnegie Mellon Invite as two Dukes went undefeated in singles competition.

During the three-day event which featured teams of Carnegie Mellon, Edinboro, Bucknell, and Duquesne, junior Keita Duclos and freshman Arnau Anton Garcia went 3-0 in singles play. Duclos began the invite by defeating Brendan Hendrata of Carnegie Mellon, 6-2, 6-2 before taking down Will Secord (Carnegie Mellon) 6-4, 6-3. The junior concluded singles competition with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Fabricio Sosa Pons of Edinboro. Garcia started with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) victory over Theodore Gershon of the host Tartans before securing a win over Rocco Palombarini of the Fighting Scots. The freshman ended his singles play by defeating Tabaldyev (Edinboro) 7-5, 7-6 (7-1).

Freshman Aril Kayra Tuna enjoyed a successful weekend, finishing 2-1 overall during singles competition while securing a win in doubles play. Tuna began the weekend with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Will Secord of Carnegie Mellon before battling to a 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7) over Rodriguez of Edinboro. In doubles competition, Tuna teamed up with Duclos and captured a 7-5 win over Thomas Buchard and Fabricio Sosa Pons of the Fighting Scots.

Junior Pierce Manning and freshmen Uvan Patel and Teo Papadopoulos all captured singles victories this weekend while Patel and Garcia secured a 6-3 win in doubles play over Theodore Gershon and Will Secord (Carnegie Mellon).

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Duquesne is idle till late October when they compete a the ITA Regionals Competition on Friday, Oct. 25 through Sunday, Oct. 27.