FAIRFAX, Va. \u2014 George Mason University defeated Wagner College 7-0 on Sunday at the Mason Tennis Complex. The Patriots secured the doubles point with victories across all three flights and swept all six singles matches.<\/p>\n
George Mason secured the doubles point decisively against Wagner College with victories across all completed matches. The pairing of Niza Simunyola<\/a> and Edgar Vilain<\/a> set the tone with a 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles over Pablo Rodriguez and Joshua Zhao. Monil Lotlikar<\/a> and Ekansh Kumar<\/a> followed with a 6-2 victory at No. 1 doubles against Lukas Escher and Eddie Schmidt, clinching the point for the Patriots. At No. 3 doubles, Deniz Okyay<\/a> and Shari Saeed<\/a> concluded the sweep with a 6-3 win over Tom Lamers and Sebastian Dobson.<\/p>\n In singles, the Green & Gold continued its dominance. Okyay opened with a 6-4, 3-1 win at No. 1 singles after Schmidt retired from the match, while Simunyola added a point at No. 4 singles with a 6-3, 6-3 victory against Rodriguez. Kumar triumphed in a challenging match at No. 3 singles, overcoming Lamers 6-3, 3-6, 10-7.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lotlikar further extended the lead with a three-set win at No. 2 singles, defeating Escher 6-3, 4-6, 10-7. Vilain secured a comeback victory at No. 5 singles, 3-6, 6-0, 10-6 against Vibhu Challagundla. Finally, Nicholas Novitski<\/a> closed the comprehensive performance for the Patriots with a 5-7, 6-2, 10-5 win at No. 6 singles over Zhao.<\/p>\n George Mason 7, Wagner College 0 Doubles competition Up next
\nSingles competition
\n1. Deniz Okyay<\/a> (GMU) def. Eddie Schmidt (WAG) 6-4, 3-1, retired
\n2. Monil Lotlikar<\/a> (GMU) def. Lukas Escher (WAG) 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
\n3. Ekansh Kumar<\/a> (GMU) def. Tom Lamers (WAG) 6-3, 3-6, 10-7
\n4. Niza Simunyola<\/a> (GMU) def. Pablo Rodriguez (WAG) 6-3, 6-3
\n5. Edgar Vilain<\/a> (GMU) def. Vibhu Challagundla (WAG) 3-6, 6-0, 10-6
\n6. Nicholas Novitski<\/a> (GMU) def. Joshua Zhao (WAG) 5-7, 6-2, 10-5
\nOrder of finish: 1,4,3,2,5,6\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n1. Monil Lotlikar<\/a>\/Ekansh Kumar<\/a> (GMU) def. Lukas Escher\/Eddie Schmidt (WAG) 6-2
\n2. Niza Simunyola<\/a>\/Edgar Vilain<\/a> (GMU) def. Pablo Rodriguez\/Joshua Zhao (WAG) 6-1
\n3. Deniz Okyay<\/a>\/Shari Saeed<\/a> (GMU) def. Tom Lamers\/Sebastian Dobson (WAG) 6-3
\nOrder of finish: 2,1,3<\/p>\n
\nThe Patriots open conference play with a home match against Richmond on Friday, March 27 at 11 a.m. in Fairfax, Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FAIRFAX, Va. \u2014 George Mason University defeated Wagner College 7-0 on Sunday at the Mason Tennis Complex. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-558024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}