ELON, N.C. – James Madison men's tennis dropped a tough match against Elon, 7-0, on Friday afternoon at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
The Dukes fall to a record of 7-7, while the Phoenix improve to 14-5.
After Elon won the first doubles match, redshirt freshman
Holden Koons and redshirt senior
Paul Mendoza came away with the victory on court one. They overpowered Chung-Han Tsai and Akram El Sallaly, capturing the 6-3 victory.
Elon took the doubles point after winning the deciding match on court two, 6-4, over redshirt junior
Alvaro Arce and freshman
Oscar Hernandez. Â
JMU was unable to steal the momentum going into singles, dropping the first two singles matches on court six and three to the Phoenix. On court two, Arce forced a tiebreaker in set one before falling in straight sets to El Sallaly.
After falling in a first set tiebreaker, Koons won set two to force a super tiebreaker on court one. The redshirt freshman eventually fell to Kyle Frankel, 6-7, 6-4, 0-1 (5).
Redshirt sophomore
William Karpinski also forced Elon to a third set on court five. After winning the first set, he battled but dropped the next two sets to Nicholas Campbell, 6-1, 3-6, 5-7.
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The Dukes will next take the court in the CAA Championship that will take place April 30 through May 2 in Williamsburg, Va.
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