GRANVILLE, Ohio (April 1, 2023) – The No. 14 nationally-ranked Denison University men's tennis team kicked off the final month of the regular season with a 9-0 victory at home over Wittenberg University to reach the 15-win mark (15-3 overall) and improve to 2-0 so far this season in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
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Notable Results:
Doubles
- Colin Gramley and Tomer Ozmo rolled to an 8-1 win in the three hole over Joe Patton and Mark Trinka.
- Jack Bulger and Anthony Payiavlas earned an 8-3 victory over Jake Stockhausen and Ethan Libby in the top spot.
- Andreas Chapides and Zachary Portnoy pulled out an 8-6 win over John DeVito and Kyle Fout at No. 2 doubles to finish off the doubles sweep.
- It was the first match playing together this season for both Bulger/Payiavlas and Chapides/Portnoy, and it was just the second time playing together for Gramley/Ozmo.
Singles
- Kael Shah defeated DeVito 2-0, retired at No. 2 singles.
- Chapides defeated Libby 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles to remain a perfect 14-0 in dual matches so far this season.
- Bulger won 6-2, 6-0 over Patton at No. 1 singles.
- Payiavlas won 6-3, 6-2 over Stockhausen in the four spot, Camden French won 6-1, 6-3 over Trinka at No. 5 singles, and Daniel Garcia was a 6-0, 6-1 winner over Fout in the six spot.
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Next Up: Tomorrow (Apr. 2) will be a three-match Sunday for the Big Red as they host Ohio Wesleyan University (12 p.m.), Otterbein University (3 p.m.) and Capital University (6 p.m.).
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