Final Results
Facing its second NAIA top-25 foe of the season on Monday afternoon, Lourdes fought 25
th-ranked Indiana Tech in each match before falling 7-0 inside of Wildwood Racquet Club in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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"Men's tennis continues to show steady improvement as we progress through the season," head coach
Epifani Jones said afterwards. Â "Every team member is owning his role, and the combination of commitments is promising."
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Ulises Barradas (Nueva Esparta, Venezuela/UE Colegio Madre Guadalupe) and
Victor Dieltiens (Altea, Spain/Sint Eduardus [Belgium]) had a tight match at first doubles before falling 6-3 while
Niladri Aich (Cooch Behar, Ind./Maumee Valley Country Day [Ohio] H.S. and
Dominick Brock (Grant, Mich./Grant H.S.) fell at third doubles by the same score. At second doubles,
Alvaro Trillo-Sanchez (Madrid, Spain/Churchill County [Nev.] H.S.) and
Kareem Badr (Orlando, Fla./Montverde Academy) fell 6-0.
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Dieltiens battled at number two singles to a 6-2, 6-2 setback while Badr won a team-high three games in set two at the fourth spot before dropping a 6-0, 6-3 decision. Aich fell 6-1, 6-0 at number six while Trillo-Sanchez and Brock each dropped 6-0, 6-0 decisions at third and fifth singles respectively. Barradas was even 2-2 in the first set before having to retire.
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Lourdes (0-5, 0-4 WHAC) has three weeks off before returning to the courts against Capital on March 20. First serve at Shadow Valley is set for noon.
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