Washington, D.C. - Playing the first of two East Coast Conference matches in an eight-day span against the University of the District of Columbia, the St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Tennis team scored a 6-1 victory over the host Firebirds on Friday at the Montgomery TennisPlex.
STAC improves to 13-5 overall and 3-2 in ECC action, while UDC drops to 6-8 and 3-2.
Doubles play saw the Spartans take the first two bouts to clinch the all-important first team point. No. 2 Don Vinz Lominoque & Nagamitsu Kuroda defeated Elouan Queguiner & Sebastiano Palma, 6-0 followed by No. 3 Ondrej Sramek & Erik Victor Tauson beating Oskar Karos & Filippo Vatteroni, 6-2. The No. 1 pair of Louis Mangeon & Louka Queguiner took down Seth Newman & Henry Ronnberg 7-6 (7-5) to prevent a clean sweep of matches by STAC.
When the sides got to singles competition, St. Thomas Aquinas moved quickly to end the match on the strength of four straight victories. No. 1
Seth Newman dispatched Louis Mangeon 6-4, 6-3 with No. 4
Erik Victor Tauson besting Elouan Queguiner 6-4, 6-3 and No. 3
Don Vinz Lominoque winning a tight contest with Oskar Karos 7-5, 7-6 (3) to put another conference W on the board. No. 5
Ondrej Sramek took down Sebastiano Palma 6-1, 6-2 to continue the string of triumphs for the maroon and gold, but No. 2 Louka Queguiner's three set win (5-7, 6-2, 6-4) over
Lorenzo Meschini broke the shutout for the Firebirds. One final victory by No. 6 by
Henry Ronnberg over Ghali Ouajahat Filali (6-2, 6-3) closed out the day's events in our nation's capital.
STAC 6/DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 - OFFICIAL RESULTS
DOUBLES
Order of Finish: 2, 3*, 1
SINGLES
1.
Seth Newman (STAC) def. Louis Mangeon (UDC) 6-4, 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 4, 3*, 5, 2, 6
UDC Record: 6-8, 3-2 ECC
STAC Record: 13-5, 3-2 ECC
THE ROCKHILL REPORT
"We knew that UDC would give us a big effort so I am pleased with the result," said Head Coach Dan Rockhill.
"We played strong doubles, especially at the second and third positions," stated Rockhill. "Mitsu and Viny really had it going today and stuck to what works. When they do the simple things well, they are difficult to beat. Ondrej, our MIP, was a steamroller. He basically took the racquet out of his opponent's hand."
"This team is coming together at a good time," commented Rockhill. "They seem to trust each other and coming to work every day."
UP NEXT
STAC welcomes Adelphi University to the Riley Family Tennis Courts on Thursday, April 17 for a non-conference match that gets underway beginning at 2:30 p.m.
