Men's Tennis Falls to Edinboro 7-0 in PSAC Opener
EDINBORO, Pa.- The West Chester University men's tennis team (1-6, 0-1) opened PSAC play on Friday night at Edinboro (8-3, 1-0), falling to the Fighting Scots by a 7-0 final at the Westwood Racquet Club Tonight's match is the first of two this weekend for West Chester in the greater Erie area as the Golden Rams will challenge Mercyhurst tomorrow before playing its first home PSAC match of the year on Tuesday against Kutztown beginning at 2 p.m.
Lucas Henke (Rockwall, Tx./Rockwall-Heath) and Andrew Poprik (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) were match points away from performing the upset of the match at second doubles. Serving 5-4 in the set, the duo fell victim to an excellent comeback by the Edinboro duo of Bruno Sabio and Rocco Palombarini, falling by a 7-5 final.
Doubles:
Gordon Fran Milesunic / Fabricio Sosa Pans (EU) def. Felix Weber/ Brady Burns (WCU) 6-2
Bruno Sabio / Rocco Palombarini (EU) def. Lucas Henke/ Andrew Poprik (WCU) 7-5
Thomas Buchard / Manav Sreekumar (EU) def. Cesar DeJesus Morales/ Andres Urrutia (WCU) 6-2
Singles:
Bruno Sabio (EU) def. Lucas Henke (WCU) 6-0 6-1
Gordon Fran Milesunic (EU) def. Andres Urrutia (WCU) 6-1 6-1
Stanislas Noel (EU) def. Brady Burns (WCU) 6-3 6-2
Thomas Buchard (EU) def. Felix Weber (WCU) 6-1 6-3
Thibault Dorval (EU) def. Cesar DeJesus-Morales (WCU) 6-0 6-1
Gustavo Martins (EU) def. Andrew Poprik (WCU) 6-0 6-0
Up Next:
West Chester will continue its stay in Erie as they play Mercyhurst in another PSAC clash. The match is to start at 1:00pm at the Westwood Racquet Club.
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