March 4, 2008

CINCINNATI - The Xavier men's tennis team downed Atlantic 10 rival Dayton, 6-1, Tuesday afternoon at the Mercy Healthplex Fairfield. With the win, the Musketeers improve to 7-6 overall after winning their fifth-straight match and 2-1 in A-10 action. The Flyers fall to 7-8 on the year and 1-2 in conference play.

 

"Today was another good team effort against a quality opponent," said head coach Eric Toth. "It was good to get the week started off with this win especially because we have two tough conference matches coming up this weekend against St. Bonaventure and Duquesne."

 

Xavier was able to win the first point of the match by capturing the doubles point, winning two of the three tandem matches. Sophomore Chris Herrlinger and junior Doug Matthews teamed up for an 8-5 win over UD's Michael Rohanna and David Peyton at No. 1. At the No. 3 doubles spot, junior Ra'ees Ismail and sophomore Anthony Palementer worked together on an 8-5 win over Michael Koscielski and Antonio Rodriguez.

 

Herrlinger won his third consecutive match by by defeating Dayton's Matt Sherman, 6-2, 6-1, at the No. 2 singles position. Juniors Mike Dieciuc and Ismail along with sophomore J.T. Torbeck and freshman Brian Starr also picked up wins in singles play.

 

Up next for the Musketeers are two more conference matches at home. On Saturday, March 8, XU will host St. Bonaventure at Five Seasons Sports Club Cincinnati at 2 p.m. On Sunday, March 9, the Musketeers will host Duquesne at 10 a.m. at Western Tennis and Fitness Club.

 

Results

Xavier 6, Dayton 1

 

Singles

1. Michael Rohanna (UD) def. Doug Matthews (XU) 6-4, 6-3

2. Chris Herrlinger (XU) def. Matt Sherman (UD) 6-2, 6-1

3. Ra'ees Ismail (XU) def. James O'Connell (UD) 6-3, 6-4

4. J.T. Torbeck (XU) def. David Peyton (UD) 6-2, 7-5

5. Brian Starr (XU) def. Michael Koscielski (UD) 6-3, 6-3

6. Mike Dieciuc (XU) def. Bruce Warnock (UD) 6-2, 6-1

 

Doubles

1. Herrlinger/Matthews (XU) def. Rohanna/Peyton (UD) 8-5

2. O'Connell/Sherman (UD) def. Starr/Torbeck (XU) 8-2

3. Ismail/ Anthony Palmenter (XU) def. Koscielski/Antonio Rodriguez (UD) 8-5