JMU’s Strong Play Downs Youngstown State, 5-2

Sunday, February 9

Harrisonburg, Va.

11 a.m.

James Madison University

Youngstown State

2/9/2020 5:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

HARRISONBURG, Va. – The James Madison men's tennis team hosted Youngstown State on Sunday, winning 5-2 at the East Campus Tennis Courts.

The Dukes improved to 3-2 on the season, while the Penguins fell to 3-3. JMU notched two doubles wins and four singles victories in the triumph.

The Dukes started out the match strong in doubles, winning on courts one and three. Junior Alvaro Arce and senior Josh Raymundo earned a close-victory against Youngstown State's Laurentiu Mandocescu and Joao Garretto, 6-4. The duo of senior Tate Steinour and sophomore William Karpinski followed suit with a 6-4 win over Erik Gran and Pol Virgili Blanco.

Freshman Holden Koons opened singles play with a straight-set win over Mandocescu, 6-2, 6-4, at #3 singles to extend JMU's lead to 2-0. Koons moved to 4-1 in singles play during the dual season. After YSU took wins at #1 and #2 singles, junior Gonzalo Adis got JMU back on track at #5 singles, defeating Will Everett 7-5, 6-3.

The Dukes clinched the match at #4 singles, as senior Damon Roberts won both sets in a tiebreak, taking his match over Gran by scores of 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3). Karpinski finished the match in straight-sets, winning at #6 singles by a margin of 6-2, 6-1 over Blanco.

QUOTING HEAD COACH STEVE SECORD
"Always good to get back on the winning path. Parts of the match went well but we know the areas we need to work on in practice. We have to get to the point where we are competing to win at every spot. When we are up and do have opportunities, we need to learn to take advantage. I think if we do that and get a couple guys healthy, we could still have the good season projected, and that is what we are looking forward to."

UP NEXT
JMU hosts VCU on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the East Campus Tennis Courts. The match is slated to begin at 3 pm.