Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis Drops 6-1 Match to UC Irvine

March 7, 2017

IRVINE, Calif. - The Villanova men's tennis team (3-4) fell to the University of California, Irvine (2-7) on Modnday afternoon at Anteater Tennis Stadium with a final score of 6-1.

UC Irvine swept the doubles matches and started off early with the advantage point. They continued to excel in their singles play to win the entire match. Freshman Tyler Roth was the only Wildcat to win a match and put Villanova up on the board. He defeated Derek Chen 6-2 and 6-3 in the No. 3 singles slot. Stefan Suarez at the No. 2 slot and Alastair Hurry at the No. 6 slot both pushed three match sets, but unfortunately could not pull out the win.

The Wildcats finally get a day off after back to back days of matches in California. They will return to action on Wednesday March 8th against Concordia in Santa Ana, Calif. The match is slated for 6:00 p.m.

Doubles:
1. Sebastian Heim/Lopez (UCI) def. Will Elmore/Luis Miranda (VU), 6-4
2. Man-Song-Hing/Marquard (UCI) def. Tyler Roth/Stefan Suarez (VU), 6-1
3. Bajpai/Hansen (UCI) def. Thomas Dodson/Tommy Mulflur (VU) 6-0

Singles:
1. Luca Marquad (UCI) def. Luis Miranda (VU), 6-3, 6-1
2. Luis Lopez (UCI) def. Stefan Suarez (VU), 6-4, 6-7, 10-4
3. Tyler Roth (VU) def. Derek Chen (UCI), 6-2, 6-3
4. Vatsal Bajpai (UCI) def. Dylan Flanagan (VU), 6-1, 6-4
5. Bruce Man-Son-Hing (UCI) def. Thomas Dodson (VU), 6-3, 6-2
6. Anil Patel (UCI) def. Alastair Hurry (VU), 6-3, 5-7, 10-6

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Dodson

Thomas Dodson

Junior
Will Elmore

Will Elmore

Senior
Tommy Mulflur

Tommy Mulflur

Sophomore
Tyler Roth

Tyler Roth

Sophomore
Stefan Suarez

Stefan Suarez

Sophomore
Dylan Flanagan

Dylan Flanagan

Freshman
Luis Miranda

Luis Miranda

Senior
Tyler Roth

Tyler Roth

Freshman
Stefan Suarez

Stefan Suarez

Freshman
Thomas Dodson

Thomas Dodson

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Thomas Dodson

Thomas Dodson

Junior
Will Elmore

Will Elmore

Senior
Tommy Mulflur

Tommy Mulflur

Sophomore
Tyler Roth

Tyler Roth

Sophomore
Stefan Suarez

Stefan Suarez

Sophomore
Dylan Flanagan

Dylan Flanagan

Freshman
Luis Miranda

Luis Miranda

Senior
Tyler Roth

Tyler Roth

Freshman
Stefan Suarez

Stefan Suarez

Freshman
Thomas Dodson

Thomas Dodson

Freshman