Men's Tennis Travels to Louisville to Face Bellarmine, then Open Home Schedule with Cleveland State

Friday, January 28

Louisville, Ky.

3:00 PM

Xavier University

Bellarmine

Men's Tennis Travels to Louisville to Face Bellarmine, then Open Home Schedule with Cleveland State

01.27.22 | Men's Tennis

Musketeers take on the Knights on Friday at 3:00 p.m., host the Vikings on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's tennis heads to Louisville for a third-straight road match to open the season, taking on the Bellarmine Knights on Friday at 3:00 p.m. at the Eddie Weber Tennis Complex. The Musketeers (0-2) then return home to host Cleveland State on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Eastern Hills.

The match with the Vikings opens a stretch of three-straight home matches, continuing on February 4 with Ball State and finishing with Youngstown State on February 5.

BELLARMINE

Bellarmine is 0-2 on the season, falling 7-0 to Louisville on January 18 and 7-0 to Indiana on February 22.
The Knights went 4-20 last season with a 0-6 record in ASUN play.
Bellarmine fell 4-0 to Liberty in the ASUN Tennis Championship to close the season.
Xavier took the 6-1 win over Bellarmine last season in Cincinnati, taking the doubles point and winning in the No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles spots.

CLEVELAND STATE

The Vikings are 0-2 on the season, falling 7-0 to Michigan State in the season opener and 6-1 to Ball State last Sunday.
The Vikings went 18-5 overall and 8-0 in Horizon League play last spring.
Cleveland State topped IUPUI in the Horizon League Semifinals and NKU in the championship match to win the conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The Vikings fell, 4-1, to Kentucky in the NCAA First Round.
Xavier faced CSU twice last season, falling 5-2 and 6-1 in Cleveland. In the first match-up Xavier took wins on the No. 5 and No. 6 singles courts, and then won on the No. 2 singles court the following day.

LAST TIME OUT

After falling behind 3-1, Xavier men's tennis battled back to tie the match 3-3, taking the deciding singles match to a third set, but fell, 4-3, to Dayton to move to 0-2
The two teams split the first two doubles decisions, with Xavier winning 6-3 on court No. 1 with Diego Nava and Ryan Cahill, and Dayton taking No. 3, 6-2, over Charlie Temming and Shashank Reddy. The Flyers took the doubles point on a 6-3 decision on the No. 2 court against Brett Winters and Cambell Nakayama.
The Flyers went ahead 2-0 with a win on the No. 4 court, 6-3, 6-1, against Charlie Temming, before the Musketeers picked up a point on the No. 3 court for Ryan Cahill, 6-3, 6-4, to make it 2-1.
UD pushed it back to a 3-1 advantage with a 7-6, 6-1 win on the No. 6 court, 7-6, 6-1, against Marco Pennelli.
The Musketeers picked up three set wins on courts No. 1 and No. 2 to pull even with the Flyers. Diego Nava moved to 2-0 on the year in the No. 1 spot with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win, and Brett Winters picked up a 6-1, 6-7, 6-4 win on No. 2.
The deciding point came on court No. 5 where Cambell Nakayama battled through three sets but fell 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to set the final score at 4-3 in favor of the Flyers.

THE MUSKETEERS

The Musketeers returned eight letter-winners from last season, including Brett Winters, who competed primarily in Xavier's No. 1 singles spot, as well as regular singles players Cambell Nakayama, Shashank Reddy and Aaron Thompson. Dominic Macaluso, Pascal Mosberger and Jake Zipoli also return for Xavier.
Xavier added five newcomers, including a three-person freshman class, Ryan Cahill, Marco Pennelli and Charlie Temming.
The Musketeers newcomers also included a pair of transfers, Nick Loudermilk from College of Charleston and Diego Nava from Loyola Marymount.