Men's Tennis Picks Up 4-3 Win Over Tennessee State in Knoxville

Sunday, March 12

Knoxville, Tenn.

1 PM

Xavier University

Tennessee State (at Tennessee)

Men's Tennis Picks Up 4-3 Win Over Tennessee State in Knoxville

03.12.23 | Men's Tennis

Box Score Results

Musketeers travel to Philadelphia for a pair of matches next weekend

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Xavier men's tennis took a 4-3 win over Tennessee State at the University of Tennessee on Sunday afternoon, moving to 9-4 on the season.

Next weekend, Xavier will travel to Philadelphia to face Villanova and Temple.

THE MATCH

In doubles play, TSU took the No. 1 court, 6-2, against Ryan Cahill and Deacon Thomas, but the Musketeers picked up a 6-3 decision on the No. 2 court for Pascal Mosberger and Shashank Reddy. The point went to the Tigers with a 7-5 win on No. 3 over Charlie Temming and Jorge Santamaria.

In singles play, TSU picked up points on the No. 1 court, 6-0, 6-2, against Ryan Cahill and on the No. 4 court, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, against Kyle Totorica.

The Musketeers won on No. 2, 6-2, 6-3, with Deacon Thomas picking up his seventh win of the season. Xavier also took No. 5, with a 6-1, 6-4 win for Marco Pennelli, his 10th singles win of the season, and on No. 6, a 6-0, 6-2 win for Jorge Santamaria, his seventh win of the dual season.

The Musketeers sealed the win with a No. 3 singles victory, with Pascal Mosberger taking the two-set win in tiebreakers 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3) to set the final score at 4-3.

RESULTS

Singles competition
1. Jonasz Dziopak (TSU) def. Ryan Cahill (XU) 6-0, 6-2
2. Deacon Thomas (XU) def. Nil Moinet (TSU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Pascal Mosberger (XU) def. Daniel Caraballo (TSU) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3)
4. Taj Hibbert (TSU) def. Kyle Totorica (XU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
5. Marco Pennelli (XU) def. Diego Britt-Alavarez (TSU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Jorge Santamaria (XU) def. Nicholas Adamec (TSU) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Pierre Copin/Nil Moinet (TSU) def. Ryan Cahill/Deacon Thomas (XU) 6-2
2. Pascal Mosberger/Shashank Reddy (XU) def. Diego Britt-Alavarez/Taj Hibbert (TSU) 6-3
3. Jonasz Dziopak/Nicholas Adamec (TSU) def. Charlie Temming/Jorge Santamaria (XU) 7-5