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Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis Downs DeSales, 6-3

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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – The Ursinus Men's Tennis team wrapped up its non-conference portion of its season with a 6-3 triumph over DeSales on Thursday afternoon.

 

 

With the win, the Bears improved to 9-7 overall and conclude a dominant non-conference schedule portion of their season at 7-2. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs of the MAC Freedom fell to 7-5 overall.

 

 

Ursinus won two of the three doubles matches and took a 2-1 lead in the early portion of the contest. Junior Noah Mandel and senior Simbarashe Kanjanda gained the first point for the Bears by cruising 8-1 at number three doubles over Brahm Buoy and Thomas Bloomquist. The sophomore duo of Lars Jespersen and Will Oberholtzer then followed with an 8-5 win at number one singles over Danny Lynn and Augie Citrone. Sophomores Rob Ritchie and Darby Rogers were edged 8-5 by Will Pollick and Philip Ritchie at the number two spot to close out doubles action.

 

 

Jespersen kicked off singles play with a convincing 6-1, 6-0 win over Lynn at number one singles and Oberholtzer took down Citrone 6-3, 6-0 at the number two position. Sophomore Ethan Yu sealed the match win for the Bears at number six singles by defeating Ethan McCombs 6-1, 6-1. DeSales earned back-to-back points when Phil Ritchie bested Rob Ritchie 6-1, 6-1 at number three singles and Pollick downed Mandel 3-6, 7-5, (10-7). Rogers closed out the match by earning a dramatic 6-3, 5-7 (10-6) win at number four singles.

 

The Bears return to action on Saturday, April 30th as they will close out their regular season by traveling to face Dickinson at 1 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Lars Jespersen

Lars Jespersen

Sophomore
Simbarashe Kanjanda

Simbarashe Kanjanda

Senior
Noah Mandel

Noah Mandel

Junior
Will Oberholtzer

Will Oberholtzer

Sophomore
Rob Ritchie

Rob Ritchie

Sophomore
Darby Rogers

Darby Rogers

Sophomore
Ethan Yu

Ethan Yu

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Lars Jespersen

Lars Jespersen

Sophomore
Simbarashe Kanjanda

Simbarashe Kanjanda

Senior
Noah Mandel

Noah Mandel

Junior
Will Oberholtzer

Will Oberholtzer

Sophomore
Rob Ritchie

Rob Ritchie

Sophomore
Darby Rogers

Darby Rogers

Sophomore
Ethan Yu

Ethan Yu

Sophomore