STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Wagner men's tennis team defeated Sacred Heart 4-3 in its season opener on Friday.
The match started well for the Seahawks, as graduate student
Tom Lamers and sophomore
Joshua Zhao secured the doubles point with a 6-4 win in third doubles.
In the singles round, Redshirt freshman
Lukas Escher set the tone with a quick 6-1, 6-3 victory on court 2. Lamers finished second with a 6-4, 6-4 victory on court 3, then sophomore
Eddie Schmidt won a tightly-contested match on court 1, a match that required tiebreakers in the second set. Schmidt would win the tiebreaker 7(4)-6(2), securing Wagner's fourth point, and the victory.
The final results are shown below.
Doubles:
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Eddie Schmidt/
Lukas Escher def. Tomasz Garbacz/Frederick McRae (6-2)
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Gabriele Zugarelli/
Joshua Zhao vs Paul Goncalves/Connor Liona, (unfinished)
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Tom Lamers/
Sebastian Dobson def. Darren Huang/Brennan Hart-Nova, (6-4)
Singles:
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Eddie Schmidt def. Tomasz Garbacz (6-4, 7(4)-6(2))
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Lukas Escher def. Frederick McRae (6-1, 6-3)
- Tom Lames def. Martin Macias (6-4, 6-4)
- Paul Goncalves def.
Vibhu Challagundla (6-4, 6-4)
- Connor Liona def.
Joshua Zhao (6-2, 3-6, 10-7)
- Arya Alia def.
Sebastian Dobson (7(5)-6(3), 6-0)
Wagner will return to the courts on Saturday, Feb. 7, when they hit the road to take on Villanova at the Villanova Tennis Complex at 6:15 p.m.
