Men’s Tennis Earns Double 7-0 Wins on Tuesday

Tuesday, March 29

TU Pavilion

1:00 p.m.

Temple University

Coppin State

Men’s Tennis Earns Double 7-0 Wins on Tuesday

3.29.16 | Men's Tennis

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PHILADELPHIA - The Temple men's tennis team registered back-to-back 7-0 wins over Philadelphia and Coppin State on Tuesday. The Owls move to 16-5 on the season.

Against Philadelphia in the morning, the Owls swept the doubles point. Hicham Belkssir and Vineet Naran picked up a 7-5 victory at the first flight, while Florian Mayer and Uladzimir Dorash clinched the point with a 6-3 win at the second flight.

In singles, Temple came out strong and recorded six straight-set victories to pick up the win against Philadelphia. Santiago Canete was the only Owl to take his flight into three sets, but ultimately picked up the win, 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7) at the first flight.

In the afternoon, the Owls faced Coppin State and again swept the doubles point. Filip Stipcic and Ian Glessing picked up a 6-1 win at the third flight, while Mayer and Dorash picked up their second doubles victory of the day at the second flight, winning 6-3.

In singles, Temple took all seven victories in straight-sets, including a 6-0, 6-0 victory at the fourth flight from Belkssir.

The Owls will return home on April 2 to face Duquesne at TU Pavilion at 10:00 a.m.

Temple 7, Philadelphia 0
Doubles:
1) Hicham Belkssir/Vineet Naran (Temple) def. Celso de Vera Rehberger (Philadelphia), 7-5
2) Florian Mayer/Uladzimir Dorash (Temple) def. Jacobo Atri/Vincent Breer (Philadelphia), 6-3
3) Santiago Canete/Artem Kapshuk (Temple) def. James Pollard/Sean DeBlasio (Philadelphia), 6-2

Singles:
1) Santiago Canete (Temple) def. Celso de Vera Rehberger (Philadelphia), 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7)
2) Artem Kapshuk (Temple) def. Luis Molina Megias (Philadelphia), 6-1, 6-0
3) Uladzimir Dorash (Temple) def. Vincent Breer (Philadelphia), 6-3, 6-2
4) Nicolas Paulus (Temple) def. Jacobo Arti (Philadelphia), 6-3, 6-0
5) Florian Mayer (Temple) def. James Pollard (Philadelphia), 6-4, 6-1
6) Hicham Belkssir (Temple) def. Sean DeBlasio (Philadelphia), 6-1,6-1

Order of Finish
Doubles: 3,2,1
Singles: 2,4,6,3,5,1

Temple 7, Coppin State 0
Doubles:
1) Hicham Belkssir/Vineet Naran (Temple) def. Christian Duchnak/Gabrial Franca (CSU), 6-4
2) Florian Mayer/Uladzimir Dorash (Temple) def. Gavin Lewis/Andres Diaz (CSU), 6-1
3) Filip Stipcic/Ian Glessing (Temple) def. Zaipo Oula/Ross Olexa (CSU), 6-1

Singles:
1) Artem Kapshuk (Temple) def. Christian Duchnak (CSU), 6-4, 6-0
2) Nicolas Paulus (Temple) def. Gabriel Franca (CSU), 6-0, 6-2
3) Florian Mayer (Temple) def. Gavin Lewis (CSU), 6-1, 6-0
4) Hicham Belkssir (Temple) def. Andres Diaz (CSU), 6-0, 6-0
5) Vineet Naran (Temple) def. Ross Olexa (CSU), 6-2, 6-2
6) Ian Glessing (Temple) def. Zaipo Oula (CSU), 6-0, 6-1

Order of Finish
Doubles: 3,2,1
Singles: 3,2,1,4,5,6

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