GREENCASTLE, Ind. (April 16, 2023) – The No. 14 nationally-ranked Denison University men's tennis team captured the 2023 North Coast Athletic Conference Championship with a perfect 7-0 record in NCAC matches following its 8-1 win at DePauw University on Sunday.
It was the third-straight NCAC Championship for Denison (22-3 overall) after winning the NCAC Tournament during each of Head Coach
David Schilling's first two seasons leading the Big Red in 2021 and 2022.
In addition, Denison's 22 wins during the regular season are the most in program history, surpassing the previous bests of 18 wins in 1999 (18-1) and 19 wins in 2022 (19-3).
Also of note, freshman
Andreas Chapides broke the Denison single-season record for singles wins with 28 total wins (28-2) between the tournament and dual meet seasons. The previous Big Red record was 27 wins set by
Tim Cianciola just last season.
Notable Results:
Doubles
- Denison kept its same doubles rotation as Saturday at Wabash College as Andy Mackler and Zachary Portnoy won 8-6 over Cole Metzger and Hudson Mosher at No. 2 doubles before Ethan Green and Camden French defeated the No. 13-ranked doubles pair in the Central Region, Thomas Partridge and Ryan McCook, by a score of 8-5 at No. 1 doubles.
- Mackler and Portnoy improved to 13-1 overall and 6-0 at No. 2 doubles while French and Green finished the regular season 11-3 in dual matches.
- At No. 3 doubles, Chapides and Kael Shah came up short, 8-6, against Finley Buelte and Jacob Watson.
Singles
- Green got the first singles win with a 6-3, 6-1 decision over Grayson Sylstra at the six spot.
- Mackler then won 6-1, 6-1 over McCook at No. 3 singles before Chapides clinched the NCAC Championship for the Big Red with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Metzger in the No. 5 spot.
- Jack Bulger and Jacob Patterson both matched Green with 6-3, 6-1 wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, while in the final match at No. 4 singles, Anthony Payiavlas won by scores of 6-4, 6-1.
- In dual matches, Chapides finished a perfect 20-0 and was 7-0 vs. the NCAC and 9-0 in the No. 5 spot.
- Patterson finished 15-2 in dual matches and 7-0 from the No. 2 spot while Bulger was 12-4 in dual matches and 8-3 from the No. 1 singles position, Green was 12-3, Mackler was 11-2 and Payiavlas was 6-0 against conference opponents.
Next Up: Next up will be the NCAC Tournament, which is set to begin on Friday, April 28, and run through Sunday, May 30, back at DePauw University.
