Men's Tennis to Host IUPUI on Friday

Friday, February 11

Cincinnati, Ohio

1:30 PM

Xavier University

IUPUI

02.10.22 | Men's Tennis

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Musketeers will face Jaguars at 1:30 p.m. at Eastern Hills

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's tennis will look for a fourth-straight win as the Musketeers host IUPUI on Friday, February 11 at 1:30 p.m. at Eastern Hills.

Following the match with the Jaguars, Xavier will next be in action at Indiana on Sunday, February 20 at 4:00 p.m.

IUPUI

The Jaguars are 1-6 on the season, coming off a 4-3 win over Illinois State last Saturday. IUPUI has also faced Michigan State, Northwestern, Dayton, Chicago State, Purdue and UIndy this season.
IUPUI went 5-14 last season, going 1-7 in Horizon League play.
The Jags fell to Cleveland State, 4-0, in the first round of the Horizon League tournament.
Xavier last faced IUPUI in February 2020, a 7-0 sweep for the Musketeers in Indianapolis.

WEEKLY AWARDS

After helping Xavier pick up a third-straight match win, the Musketeers' No. 1 doubles duo of Ryan Cahill and Diego Nava were named the BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week.
Cahill and Nava earned their second straight victory this past weekend, picking up the 6-3 win in No. 1 doubles against Youngstown State, earning the doubles point and helping the Musketeers to their third straight match victory.
This is the first weekly award for Cahill, a freshman from Western Springs, Ill.
Nava, a graduate student from Woodland Hills, Calif., was named the BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week for the week of 2/1/2022. He also entered the ITA Singles Rankings at No. 64 in the most recent rankings.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier picked up a third-straight win on Saturday, topping Youngstown State, 5-2, at Eastern Hills.
The Musketeers took the doubles point after Diego Nava and Ryan Cahill took a 6-3 win in the No. 1 singles court and Brett Winters and Cambell Nakayama took a 6-4 win in the No. 2 spot. Charlie Temming and Shashank Reddy were tied 6-6 in the No. 3 spot when the point was decided.
Xavier went ahead 2-0 with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win in the No. 1 singles spot for Diego Nava and made it a 3-0 lead with Marco Pennelli's 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win in the No. 5 spot.
YSU picked up a point in the No. 4 spot, taking a 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Charlie Temming to make it a 3-1 Xavier lead.
The Penguins made it a 3-2 Xavier lead with a win in the No. 6 spot against Caden Kammerer, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Brett Winters clinched the match for the Musketeers with a 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-1 win in the No. 3 spot.
Xavier added another point to make it a 5-2 final score with a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) for Ryan Cahill on the No. 2 court.

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.