PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Old Dominion men's tennis team split a pair of matches in Philadelphia on Saturday by the identical 6-1 scores. ODU (3-1) dropped a decision Saturday morning at Penn, while rebounding across town with a win over Drexel.
In the morning match at Penn, the doubles tandem of Jakob Cadonau and Codie van Schalkwyk got a win at the two spot with a 6-3 decision. Singles saw the Monarchs get on the board with a win by Cosme Rolland De Ravel at the four spot with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) victory.
In the afternoon match, the Monarchs got out to a quick start with wins at one and three doubles to take the team point. Luca Maldoner and Nicola Vidal started it at the three spot with a 6-3 win, while the nationally-ranked tandem of Younes Lalami and Brandon Perez clinched the doubles with a 6-4 win at the top spot.
Van Schalkwyk got the Monarchs on the board in singles with a win at the top spot over Alan Jesudason 6-4, 6-3. Perez followed at three with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Daniel Dudockin and Francois Le Tallec clinched the dual win for ODU at the two spot in a 6-4, 6-4 win over Alex De Sousa.
Vidal and Yanis Moundir finished off the points for ODU with wins at the five and six spots as Vidal won 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-5) and Moundir took a 6-4, 6-2 victory.
ODU (3-1) returns to the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center for a big weekend starting on Friday night with a 6 pm tilt against the Virginia Tech Hokies. On Sunday, ODU will host Wisconsin at 11 a.m.
ODU Head Coach Dominik Mueller On Weekend
I am very pleased with our doubles play in both matches. Our freshman came back a break twice and were in position to clinch the doubles point for us against Penn, but that's a learning curve them. In singles, I thought we battled ourselves more than the opponent and you can't effort that against a good opponent. I'm glad how we responded against Drexel but we have to fix some things before next weekend.
Penn 6, ODU 1
DOUBLES
1 – E. Graziani/Zhu (P) def. Younes Lalami/Brandon Perez (ODU) – 7-5
2 – Jakob Cadonau/Codie van Schalkwyk (ODU) def. M. Graziani/Vakili (P) – 6-3
3 – Aditya Gupta/Harsh Parikh (P) def. Yanis Moundir/Cosme Rolland De Ravel (ODU) – 7-6 (4)
SINGLES
1 – E. Graziani (P) def. Younes Lalami (ODU) – 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4)
2 – Zhu (P) def. Francois Le Tallec (ODU) – 6-1, 6-2
3 – Gupta (P) def. Codie van Schalkwyk (ODU) – 3-6, 6-2, 10-5
4 – Cosme Rolland De Ravel (ODU) def. Parikh (P) – 6-3, 7-6 (2)
5 – M. Graziani (P) def. Jakob Cadonau (ODU) – 6-2, 6-3
6 – Baylor Sai (P) def. Yanis Moundir (ODU) – 6-4, 6-4
Records: ODU 2-1, Penn 1-0
ODU 6, Drexel 1
DOUBLES
1 – Younes Lalami/Brandon Perez (ODU) def. Alan Jesudason/Alex De Sousa 6-4
2 – Codie van Schalkwyk/Jakob Cadonau (ODU) v. Daniel Dudockin/Matvey Radionov 4-4 unfinished
3 – Luca Maldoner/Nicola Vidal (ODU) def. Juan Manuel Sanchez/Djordje Janackovic 6-3
SINGLES
1 – Codie van Schalkwyk (ODU) def. Alan Jesudason 6-4, 6-3
2 – Francois Le Tallec (ODU) def. Alex De Sousa 6-4, 6-4
3 – Brandon Perez (ODU) def. Daniel Dudockin 6-3, 6-4
4 – Matvey Radionov (Drexel) def. Jakob Cadonau 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
5 – Nicola Vidal (ODU) def. Hugo Brungs 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-5)
6 – Yanis Moundir (ODU) def. Juan Manuel Sanchez 6-4, 6-2
Order of Finish:
Doubles: 3,1
Singles: 1,3,2,4,6,5
Records: ODU 3-1, Drexel 0-1
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