6th Annual Villanova Invitational - Round One Results
6th Annual Villanova Invitational - Round Two Results

Villanova, PA - The Wagner men's tennis team kicked off their fall season at the 6th Annual Villanova Invitational, located on the Villanova University West Campus.

The tournament style is different than most. The Villanova Invitational is a "two-and-one" format, which includes one doubles match and two, singles matches, per matchup. The team that wins at least two of the three games advances in the main draw of the tournament.  The losing team, on-the-other-hand, moves on to the back draw.  There will be two draws of sixteen and one five-team round robin.

The teams competing in the event are the host Wildcats, LaSalle, Saint Joseph's, the Seahawks, Delaware, Chestnut Hill, Lafayette, and Rider.

"It was great to see the newcomers and our returners compete in real matches for the first time this season," said second-year head coach Jason Sinkoff. "Everyone worked hard and competed very well today."   

In Round One of the Champions Draw, the Green & White pairing of freshman Hans Oher (Margate, FL/Coral Springs Christian Academy) and 2016 All-NEC Second Teamer, junior Charlton Boyd (Shreveport, LA/Loyola College Prep) were bested by Saint Joseph's, 2-1. The Seahawks dropped the doubles point, 6-4. In singles play, Ohmer picked up his first collegiate win, defeating the Hawks' Pete Dewitt, 6-1; 6-2.

The Seahawks earned its first true win of the Invitational, as the pairing of All-NEC selection, sophomore Dale Sandy (Durban, South Africa/Kersney College Secondary School) teamed with newcomer Anatoliy Lashkul (Kiev, Ukraine/High School #78). The duo posted a 2-1 triumph over the Saint Joseph's pairing of Andre Fick and Tim Stierle. Sandy and Lashkul were victorious in doubles, 6-3 and Sandy earned a 6-4; 6-2 win over Fick to secure the match.  

The Green & White's sophomore combo of Ilya Kneppelhout (Woubrugge, Netherlands/Scala College Secondary School) and Eric Poland (Fort Meyers, FL/Bishop Verot) drew the University of Delaware's Tyler Flematti and Laurenz Lankes.  Poland was able to oust Lankes, 6-3; 3-6; 10-6 but the Hens took the match after securing a 7-6 (4) win at doubles and Flematti earning a 6-4; 6-4 victory over Kneppelhout.  

In the Villanova Invitational Blue Draw, freshman Siddharth Anand (New Delhi, India/Modern School Barakhamba Road) and junior Allen Wang (Clovis, CA/Buchanan) earned a sweep over Saint Joseph's Alex Schneider and Nick Ringle.  Anand picked up his first collegiate win with a 6-2; 7-5 triumph over Schneider and Wang followed with a thrilling 8-7 (5) win over Ringle. 

To begin Round Two, Sandy and Lashkul took the first game of the best-of-three against Villanova pair of Dylan Flanagan and Jimmy Purdy in Champions Draw.  Kneppelhout and Poland earned a bye in the Champions Draw round.

In the Blue Draw, Anand/Wang defeated the Nova pairing of Matt Phelps and Tommy Dodson, 6-3 to take a 1-0 lead in that series.  

The conclusion of the singles matches will happen tomorrow, starting at approximately 8:30 a.m.

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