Men's Tennis Competes at Cardinal Invite Over the Weekend

MUNCIE, Ind. - Xavier men's tennis picked up 15 combined wins at Ball State's Cardinal Invite, earning 13 singles wins an a pair of doubles victories.

Xavier opened up play by sweeping Butler in singles action, going 6-0 against the Bulldogs. Ryan Cahill picked up a 7-6 (4), 6-4 over BU's Patrick Joss and Christian Gonzalez took a 7-5, 7-6 (1) win over Nicolas Arts.

Charlie Temming picked up a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Siddhartha Lama, and Pascal Mosberger defeated Aidan William 6-1, 6-4. Marco Pennelli took the win over Nicholas Balthazor, 6-4, 6-3, and Andrew Spurck picked up a 6-0, 7-6 (5) 11-9 win over Cristian Pensavalle.

The Musketeers picked up three more singles wins on Saturday, competing against Bellarmine, with Alex Kotarski taking a 7-5, 6-3 win over Eli Wood, Kyle Totorica defeating Brent Reynolds, 6-2, 6-4 and Andrew Spurck defeating Louie Fletcher, 6-2, 6-4

Totorica and Kotarski also combined for a doubles win on Saturday taking a 6-1 win over Bicanic and Fletcher of Ball State.

On Sunday, Xavier won five of six singles matches against Ball State. Ryan Cahill picked up his second singles win of the weekend, defeating Nathaniel Webster, 6-0, 6-4. Christian Gonzalez went 2-0 in singles play for the tournament, defeating Sajin Smith 1-6, 6-3, 10-6.

Andrew Spurck picked up a third singles win for the tournament with a 3-6, 6-3, 10-2 victory over Jenson Bicanic.

Alex Kotarski went 2-0 in singles play, defeating Broc Fletcher 6-3, 6-3. Kyle Totorica also went 2-0 in singles, taking a 2-6, 7-5, 12-10 win over Drew Hayward.

Additionally, Charlie Temming and Pascal Mosberger combined for a 6-2 doubles win over Joss and Lama of Butler on Sunday.

Next up for the Musketeers, Xavier will travel to Purdue to take part in the ITA Regionals, running October 10-14.

XAVIER RESULTS

Saturday
Butler vs. Xavier (Singles)
Ryan Cahill (Xavier) def. Patrick Joss (Butler) 7-6 (4), 6-4
Christian Gonzalez (Xavier) def. Nicolas Arts (Butler) 7-5, 7-6 (1)
Charlie Temming (Xavier) def. Siddhartha Lama (Butler) 7-6 (4), 6-3
Pascal Mosberger (Xavier) def. Aidan William (Butler) 6-1, 6-4
Marco Pennelli (Xavier) def. Nicholas Balthazor (Butler) 6-4, 6-3
Andrew Spurck (Xavier) def. Cristian Pensavalle (Butler) 6-0, 7-6 (5) 11-9

Ball State vs. Xavier (Doubles)
Lancaster/Webster (Ball State) def. Cahill/Temming (Xavier) 7-5
Smith/Brady (Ball State) def. Mosberger/Gonzalez (Xavier) 6-2
Totorica/Kotarski (Xavier) def. Bicanic/Fletcher (Ball State) 6-1

Xavier vs. Bellarmine (Singles)
Jack Batchelor (Bellarmine) def. Ryan Cahill (Xavier) 6-2, 6-3
Finest Ramesh (Bellarmine) def. Pascal Mosberger (Xavier) 6-2, 7-5
Matthew Nice (Bellarmine) def. Marco Pennelli (Xavier) 6-3, 6-4
Andrew Spurck (Xavier def. Louie Fletcher (Bellarmine) 6-2, 6-4
Alex Kotarski (Xavier) def. Eli Wood (Bellarmine) 7-5, 6-3
Kyle Totorica (Xavier) def. Brent Reynolds (Bellarmine) 6-2, 6-4

Sunday
Ball State vs. Xavier (Singles)
Ryan Cahill (Xavier) def. Nathaniel Webster (Ball State) 6-0, 6-4
Jacks Lancaster (Ball State) def. Charlie Temming (Xavier) 6-3, 6-2
Christian Gonzalez (Xavier) def. Sajin Smith (Ball State) 1-6, 6-3, 10-6
Andrew Spurck (Xavier) def. Jenson Bicanic (Ball State) 3-6, 6-3, 10-2
Alex Kotarski (Xavier) def. Broc Fletcher (Ball State) 6-3, 6-3
Kyle Totorica (Xavier) def. Drew Hayward (Ball State) 2-6, 7-5, 12-10

Butler vs. Xavier (Doubles)
Konakanchi/Arts (Butler) def. Cahill/Mosberger (Xavier) 6-4
Temming/Mosberger (Xavier) def. Joss/Lama (Butler) 6-2
Shirley/William (Butler) def. Gonzalez/Spurck (Xavier) 6-4

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