WILMINGTON, Del.—In its second dual match of the spring season Villanova (1-1) fell to Delaware (2-1) by a 7-0 final score at the Delcastle Tennis Center on Friday afternoon. The host Blue Hens swept the doubles matches to claim the first point of the competition and went on to tally wins in all six of the singles matches.
 
The top players for the Wildcats in Friday's match were senior Matthew Jones (Dallas, Texas) and sophomore Ryan Nguyen (Oakton, Va.) who each took their Delaware opponents to a tiebreaker. Jones won his opening set against Guilherme Valdoleiros, 7-5, in the No. 4 singles match before Valdoleiros came back to force a tiebreaker and eventually post a 5-7, 6-4, 10-7 victory.
 
In the No. 6 singles match Nguyen overcame a 6-1 loss in the opening set to Tobias Sonne and forced a tiebreaker with a 7-5 win in the second set. Sonne however, took the tiebreaker by a 10-4 margin to close out the match in the final singles competition to finish.
 
The rest of the Villanova lineup included sophomore Josh Robinson (Potomac, Md.) in the top spot, freshman Trey Fourticq (Los Angeles, Calif.) playing at No. 2 singles and junior Justin Suarez (Manila, Philippines) in the No. 3 spot ahead of Jones, junior Alex Kim (Cary, N.C.) at No. 5 and Nguyen.