South Bend, Ind. – The Duquesne University men's tennis team opened its 2025 schedule in Sunday, traveling to South Bend to take on the host Notre Dame and Western Michigan. The Dukes dropped a 7-0 decision to the Fighting Irish before falling to the Broncos, 7-0. Duquesne falls to 0-2 overall this season.
RESULTS AT NOTRE DAME
Notre Dame secured the early point as they took all three doubles matches. At the first slot, juniors
Keita Duclos and
Alfrendo Vogelaar fell 6-0 to Sebastian Dominko and Peter Nad while freshmen
Enrique Lana and
Uvan Patel dropped a 5-2 decision to Kryan Magimay and Chase Thompson at the second position. At third singles, juniors
Chris Cianciotti and
Pierce Manning lost to Yu Zhang and Jamerson Corsillo, 6-0.
In singles competition, the Fighting Irish took control as they swept all six matches. Duclos fell by a count of 6-4, 6-2 to Dominko at the top spot while Lana dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision to Zhang at the second slot. At third singles, Vogelaar was blanked by Thompson 6-0, 6-0 before Patel lost to Magimay 6-2, 6-1 at the fourth position. In the final two slots, Manning carded a 6-2, 6-1 loss to Nad while freshman
Teo Papadopoulos dropped a 6-2, 6-4 match to Corsillo.
RESULTS VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN
Western Michigan would take the opening point as it secured all three doubles matches. Duclos and Patel fell to Brogan Pierce and Jack Davidson at the first position while Papadopoulos and freshman
Tancredi Alfano dropped a 6-1 match to Anton Arzhankin and Drew Evans. At the final doubles position, Lana and Manning lost to Ashton Adesoro and Oscar Corwin 6-2.
The Broncos continued its momentum during singles competition, taking all six matches. At the first slot, Duclos fell 6-0, 6-1 to Arzhankin while Lana dropped a 6-1, 6-1 match to Pierce at the second position. At third singles, Patel was handed a 6-2, 6-2 defeat to Corwin before Cianciotti dropped a 6-1, 6-3 decision to Davidson at the fourth spot. In the final two positions, Papadopoulos fell 6-3, 6-1 to Antonopoulos while Manning was handed a 6-1, 6-2 loss to Kajzer.
UP NEXT
Duquesne returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 25, when it battled Radford at Youngstown State.
