Men's Tennis Heads to Orlando for a Pair of Matches

Monday, March 7

Orlando, Fla.

12 PM

Xavier University

Creighton

Men's Tennis Heads to Orlando for a Pair of Matches

03.06.22 | Men's Tennis

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Xavier faces BIG EAST foe Creighton on Monday, LIU on Tuesday at USTA Campus

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's tennis heads to Orlando, Fla., to take on a pair of opponents, taking a two-match win streak into a match-up with Creighton at 12:00 p.m. on Monday before facing LIU on Tuesday at the USTA Campus.

Following the trip to Orlando, Xavier (7-4) heads to East Lansing, Mich., where the Musketeers will face Niagara on Thursday, March 17 and Michigan State on Friday, March 18.

CREIGHTON

Creighton is 4-4 on the season, topping Grand Canyon, Kansas Wesleyan, UIC and Chicago State, and falling to Nebraska, No. 2 Baylor, Air Force and Wichita State.
The Bluejays are on a three-match win streak entering the match-up with Xavier.
The Bluejays went 6-7 last season and 0-2 in BIG EAST play.
Creighton fell to Butler, 4-1, in the BIG EAST Championship Quarterfinals.
Xavier fell 5-2 to the Bluejays in the last match-up in 2019-20.

LIU

LIU is 5-3 on the season, picking up wins over Siena, Sacred Heart, Binghamton, Merrimack and Queens College, and enter the match with Xavier on a two-match win streak. The Sharks have fallen to NJIT, Hofstra and Bryant.
This is the first year the Sharks have sponsored men's tennis.
This is the first match-up between the two programs.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier men's tennis closed out the weekend at 2-0, picking up a 5-2 win over Saint Francis at the Jim and Mary Brockhoff Family Tennis Facility on Saturday afternoon.
In doubles action, Xavier picked up the first decision on the No. 3 court, 6-2, for Charlie Temming and Shashank Reddy, and secured the point on the No. 2 court, with a 6-2 win for Brett Winters and Cambell Nakayama. Diego Nava and Ryan Cahill fell 6-3 on the No. 1 court.
Caden Kammerer made it a 2-0 Xavier lead with a 6-3, 6-1 win on the No. 5 court, then Cambell Nakayama pushed it to a 3-0 Xavier lead with a 6-2, 6-2 win on No. 6.
Charlie Temming picked up the deciding point, taking a 6-3, 6-2 win on the No. 3 court to make it 4-0 Musketeers.
Marco Pennelli picked up the final point for the Musketeers, 6-1, 6-4, on the No. 4 court.
SFU picked up the final two points in three sets, a 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 win on the No. 2 court against Ryan Cahill and and a 7-5, 1-6, 10-6 win on the No. 1 court against Brett Winters.

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.