Men's Tennis to Host a Pair of Matches this Weekend

Friday, February 10

Cincinnati, Ohio

6:00 PM

Xavier University

Bellarmine

Men's Tennis to Host a Pair of Matches this Weekend

02.09.23 | Men's Tennis

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Musketeers play Bellarmine on Friday, Toledo on Sunday

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's tennis hosts a pair of matches this weekend, facing Bellarmine at Eastern Hills Indoor Tennis Club on Friday, Feb. 10, at 6:00 p.m., and hosting Toledo on Sunday, Feb. 12 at Mercy HealthPlex Anderson, set for a 3:30 p.m. start.

Next weekend, the Musketeers will travel to Ball State on Friday, Feb. 17, set for a 2:00 p.m. start.

BELLARMINE

Bellarmine is 2-4 on the season with wins over West Liberty and Southern Indiana.
The Knights went 5-15 overall last season with a 1-7 record in ASUN play.
Xavier took the 6-1 win over the Knights in Louisville last season.

TOLEDO

Toledo is 3-2 on the season with wins over Boston University, Youngstown State and IUPUI. The Rockets will face Wayne State and Dayton prior to the match with Xavier.
The Rockets went 15-9 overall and 7-3 in MAC play in 2022, advancing to the finals of the MAC Conference Championships with a 4-1 win over Ball State. Toledo fell, 4-2, to Western Michigan in the championship match.
Xavier fell 4-3 in the last match-up with the Rockets, in 2021.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier fell, 4-0, to Indiana on Sunday afternoon, moving to 4-2 on the season.
In doubles play, Indiana took the 6-1 win on the No. 3 doubles court over Marco Pennelli and Jorge Santamaria. Xavier took the second decision, with Cambell Nakayama and Pascal Mosberger winning No. 2, 6-0. IU secured the point with a 6-3 win over Ryan Cahill and Deacon Thomas on the No. 1 court.
IU went up 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-1 win on the No. 3 court against Pascal Mosberger and made it a 3-0 lead with a 7-6 (10), 6-3 win on the No. 1 court against Deacon Thomas.
The Hoosiers secured the match with a 7-6 (4), 6-0 win on the No. 4 court against Cambell Nakayama.
When the match was decided, Ryan Cahill was in a third set on No. 2 after taking the second in a 6-4, 4-6, 2-2 match.
Marco Pennelli led in third set after taking the second set on the No. 5 court, 5-7, 6-2, 3-0.
Kyle Totorica also led in the third set after taking set No. 2 on No. 6, 1-6, 6-3, 4-1.

THE MUSKETEERS

The 2021-22 Musketeers finished the season at 12-9 overall, the most wins since the 2015-16 season. Last year's squad advanced to the BIG EAST Semifinals for the first time since 2016 after earning the No. 3 seed, the program's highest seed in the BIG EAST Championship since joining the conference in 2013-14.
Among the returners from last year's team are All-BIG EAST Second Team selection Ryan Cahill, as well as Marco Pennelli, Charlie Temming, Cambell Nakayama, Pascal Mosberger, Shashank Reddy, Aaron Thompson and Jake Zipoli.
Xavier also added a trio of newcomers, including transfer Jorge Santamaria, as well as freshmen Deacon Thomas and Kyle Totorica.