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Saturday, March 30

1:00 PM

Wright State University

IUPUI

Photo by: Joseph Craven

3/30/2019 7:37:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Thomas Nugent

In their first home conference match of the season, the Wright State men's tennis team fell to the IUPUI Jaguars 0-7 at the South Regency Tennis & Fitness Center. The loss moves the Raiders' record to 7-13 on the season and 0-2 to start their conference slate.

First doubles team Param Pun and Lorenzo Maccarini were the only Raiders with a win against the Jaguars today. Taking down Alex Jochim and Colton Morehart 6-4, Pun and Maccarini moved their season record to 12-7 in doubles play. Pun and Maccarini have recorded 10 of their 12 wins this spring at the top of the order for the Raiders.

In singles competition, Fernando Nardelli fell in a marathon match against Sean Bailey on Court Two. After taking the first set 7-6, Nardelli and Bailey would finish their match in three sets with Bailey coming out on top after winning sets two and three by scores of 6-3 and 10-5. On Court Five, Donovan Cellupica-Towers fell in three sets to Bradley Luetschwager. After taking the first set 6-4, Cellupica-Towers was downed 0-6 amd 4-6 in the nex two sets.

Up Next
The Raiders will be at home on Sunday to take on the UIC Flames at 1:00 PM.

Raider Results
Singles
1. Alex Jochim (IUPUI) def. Param Pun (WSU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Sean Bailey (IUPUI) def. Fernando Nardelli (WSU) 6-7, 6-3, 10-5
3. Colton Morehart (IUPUI) def. Lorenzo Maccarini (WSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
4. Ethan Mardanus (IUPUI) def. Javier Alvarez de la Villa (WSU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Bradley Luetschwager (IUPUI) def. Donovan Cellupica-Towers (WSU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
6. Eric Hollingsworth (IUPUI) def. Theo Bourghelle (WSU) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles
1. Param Pun/Lorenzo Maccarini (WSU) def. Alex Jochim/Colton Morehart (IUPUI) 6-4
2. Bradley Luetschwager/Kyle Whittaker (IUPUI) def. Theo Bourghelle/Javier de la Villa (WSU) 7-6
3. Sean Bailey/Ethan Mardanus (IUPUI) def. Fernando Nardelli/Donovan Cellupica (WSU) 6-3