JMU Defeats College of Charleston on Senior Day 6-1

Saturday, April 17

Harrisonburg, Va.

11 a.m.

James Madison University

College of Charleston

4/17/2021 6:52:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison men's tennis celebrated senior day with a 6-1 victory over Colonial Athletic Association foe College of Charleston, 6-1 on Saturday afternoon, at the Hillside Courts.

The Dukes improved to a record of 6-6 while the Cougars dropped to 8-7.

Seniors Alvaro Arce, Gonzalo Adis and Paul Mendoza collected victories in their final home match of their college careers. Adis, along with doubles partner William Karpinski, earned the first doubles victory of the match with a 6-2 win over Ben Husum and Robby Krick on court three.

Arce clinched the doubles point with partner Oscar Hernandez, beating Jake Fraunfelder and Karl Mosterd, 6-2, on court two. He then finished his career at Hillside Courts with a singles victory on court two as he collected the win over Noah Borges, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Mendoza and Holden Koons completed the doubles sweep with a 6-2 victory of their own on court one, defeating Guido Argentini and Borges.

Karpinski earned the second point for JMU in singles play, winning over Andre Limon 6-4, 6-2, on court five. Koons followed shortly thereafter for the third point. He defeated Argentini on court one, 6-0, 6-4.

Hernandez won the clinching point on court three for the Dukes. After a strong 6-1 victory in the first set, he outlasted Husum in a tiebreaker in set two, 7-6 (1).

After Arce extended the lead with his win on court two, Mario Pena earned the final point for the Dukes after he held off Krick on court six, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.

QUOTING COACH STEVE SECORD
"It is always great to get a conference win and get in the right mindset going into the tournament. But, more importantly, getting the chance to celebrate the seniors today was great. Those three guys have meant a lot to us and sending them out the right way at home with a win is great. We just got to keep that momentum going into tomorrow and into next week and the tournament. Go Dukes."

UP NEXT
The Dukes travel to Norfolk to take on Norfolk State on Sunday, April 18 at 2 p.m.