Clarksville, TN – Taking the court for the second time in less than 24 hours, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) men’s tennis was fell to Dayton, 4-0, Sunday at the Governors Tennis Center.
The Govs fell behind early in the match, when the Flyer knocked off Jacob Lorino and Chrisitian Edison in the No. 1 doubles match.
Then Dayton clinched the doubles point with a win on the No. 3 line, beating Austin Peay State University’s Oliver Andersson and Thiago Nogueira.
In the No. 2 doubles match, the Julius Gold and Anton Damberg trailed 4-5, but the match was left unfinished.
In singles action, Dayton was the first on the board once again, picking up a win over Edison in the No. 1 match-up. The No 3 singles match was the next to go final, as the Flyers beat Julius Gold to move to within one point of clinching the match.
The No. 2 singles match was the next on the board, as Damberg came up just short against the Flyers, who had clinched a match win with their fourth point of the afternoon. In a hard-fought battle in the No. 4 singles match, Andersson trailed narrowly in the third set, but the match was unfinished.
The No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches barely got going in this one, but both were left unfinished. Lorino trailed 1-2, early in the No. 5 position, and Hunter Sanders had built an early, 3-0 lead on the No. 6 line.
Results
Doubles
Joe Demarco/Connor Bruce (UD) def. Jacob Lorino/Christian Edison (APSU) 6-1
Julius Gold/Anton Damberg vs. Steven Karl/Georgi Mavrodiev (UD) 4-5, unfinished
Matt DeMarco/Will Harper (UD) def. Oliver Andersson/Thiago Nogueira 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 3
Singles
Connor Bruce (UD) def. Christian Edison (APSU) 6-4, 6-0
Steven Karl (UD) def. Anton Damberg (APSU) 6-4, 6-1
Matt DeMarco (UD) def. Julius Gold (APSU) 6-3 6-2
Oliver Andersson (APSU) vs. Georgi Mavrodiev (UD) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0, unfinished
Jacob Lorino (APSU) vs. Will Harper (UD) 1-2, unfinished
Hunter Sanders (APSU) vs. Oliver Dunne (UD) 3-0, unfinished
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
Up Next
Austin Peay will travel to Knoxville with for a 4:30 p.m., Sunday match against Tennessee. After the Governors take on the Volunteers, they will kick off Ohio Valley Conference play with a 1 p.m., March 10, match at Tennessee State.
