JMU Stumbles 4-0 at Richmond

Tuesday, April 11

Richmond, Va.

3 p.m.

James Madison University

Richmond

4/11/2017 11:58:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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RICHMOND, Va. – James Madison men's tennis stumbled 4-0 at Richmond on Tuesday in nonconference action.

The Dukes (11-8, 2-1 CAA) battled with the Spiders (23-2, 5-0 A10) in doubles as the two split the first two decisions. With the initial point coming down to the No. 1 position, junior Theophile Lanthiez and freshman Paul Mendoza went to work against Alexandre Felisa and Jacob Dunbar, but fell 7-6(7) in the tiebreak.

Senior Sebastian Salinas and freshman Damon Roberts claimed the victory for the Dukes at No. 2 doubles, sinking Caleb Troy and Jonathan Quenard 6-2. The JMU duo has won five consecutive doubles duals and sits at 6-1 at the No. 2 position.

Richmond, which stretched its win streak to 22 consecutive matches, then swept the first three singles decisions to clinch the match. The remaining singles contests were left unfinished.

RESULTS
Doubles

Felisa/Dunbar def. Lanthiez/Mendoza 7-6(7)
Salinas/Roberts def. Troy/Quenard 6-2
Aronson/Karlawish def. Ruzic/Moorhead 6-3

Singles

#122 Jacob Dunbar def. Damon Roberts 7-5, 6-3
Alexandre Felisa def. Sebastian Salinas 6-1, 6-0
Caleb Troy vs. Paul Mendoza 7-6, 1-3 unf.
John Karlawish def. Theophile Lanthiez 6-1, 6-1
Canyon Teague vs. Brett Moorhead 6-3, 4-1 unf.
James Aronson vs. Tate Steinour 6-2, 5-5 unf.

UP NEXT
The Dukes close out the road portion of the regular season in Pennsylvania this weekend. They head to Villanova on Friday, April 14 for a 3 p.m. match before traveling to Drexel for a 1 p.m. contest on Saturday, April 15.