STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Wagner men's tennis team ended their losing streak on Monday, when they defeated Mount St. Mary's at home 4-3.
After splitting the doubles matches on courts 2 and 3, the match on court 1 became the rubber match. Sophomore
Eddie Schmidt and redshirt freshman
Lukas Escher held match point at five games to four, but couldn't hold the lead and ultimately lost the match entirely, leaving Wagner behind 1-0.
The Seahawks would bounce back in the singles round. Schmidt and Escher both avenged their doubles loss, each with straight-set wins on courts 1 and 2 respectively. Graduate student
Tom Lamers and senior
Pablo Rodriguez Gonzalez each lost their singles match, giving the Mountaineers a 3-2 advantage. But in the last two singles matches of the day, sophomores
Vibhu Challagundla and
Joshua Zhao both swept their opponents to propel the Seahawks to victory.
The final results are shown below.
Doubles:
- Alexi Roy/Akarsh Gaonkar def.
Eddie Schmidt/
Lukas Escher (7-5)
- Nikos Makris/Stefanos Pournaropoulos def.
Gabriele Zugarelli/
Joshua Zhao (6-2)
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Tom Lamers/
Sebastian Dobson def. Luke Papayoanou/Ryan Wagner (6-2)
Singles:
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Eddie Schmidt def. Akarsh Gaonkar (6-3, 6-0)
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Lukas Escher def. Alexi Roy (6-3, 6-4)
- Stefanos Pournaropoulos def.
Tom Lamers (6-1, 6-3)
- Ryan Wagner def.
Pablo Rodriguez Gonzalez (1-6, 7(4)-6, 6-3)
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Vibhu Challagundla def. Nikos Markis (6-4, 6-4)
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Joshua Zhao def. Luke Papayoanou (6-3, 6-2)
The Seahawks' next match is on Friday, Feb. 20, when they host Colgate at the CSI Tennis Courts at 12:30 p.m.
