ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Villanova men's tennis team split their two matches on Sunday. First they defeated Navy 5-2 and then fell to Morgan State 6-1. The Wildcats are now 5-2 on the season.
Head coach Bradley Adams on both matches, "Sunday was a very physically and mentally demanding day for our boys. They had a great win against Navy but came up a little short against a good Morgan State team. Even in the lose to Morgan State there were a lot of positives that our players took from the match that will help us down the road. The player of the day was
Dylan Flanagan going 3-0. The team is eager to bounce back in a big way this upcoming weekend against Bentley and UCONN in New England."
In the match against Navy, the Wildcats won all three doubles matches to get the opening point. Junior
Tommy Mulflur won his singles match 6-3, 6-4 from court No. 6 to give the Wildcats a 2-1 lead. Navy then tied the match up at 2 with a win on court No. 5. Villanova won the final three singles matches to secure the win against Navy.
Against Morgan State, the doubles team of junior
Tyler Roth and senior
Thomas Dodson won 6-3 from doubles court No. 1. Morgan State would win the next two matches to clinch the doubles point. Junior
Dylan Flanagan won his match 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 from singles court No. 4.
Villanova's next match is on February 22nd at Bentley and then on February 23rd at UCONN.