HARRISONBURG, Va. \u2014 George Mason University (9-6) fell to James Madison University (13-7) 2-4 on Sunday at Hillside Courts. The Patriots secured the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions, but James Madison claimed four of the six singles matches to win the contest.<\/p>\n
George Mason secured the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. At No. 1 doubles, Monil Lotlikar<\/a> and Ekansh Kumar<\/a> defeated Esteve Agusti and Aurelien Schmitt, 6-3, while Shari Saeed<\/a> and Deniz Okyay<\/a> clinched the point at No. 3 doubles, besting Harrison Lee and Francisco Sinopoli, 6-4. James Madison took the No. 2 doubles match as Zach Fleishman and Gur Libal overcame Edgar Vilain<\/a> and Niza Simunyola<\/a>, 6-4.<\/p>\n In singles play, James Madison quickly evened the score as Esteve Agusti defeated Lotlikar at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-1. Francisco Sinopoli then gave James Madison the lead with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Kumar at No. 3 singles. The Green & Gold responded at No. 2 singles where Okyay rallied to overcome Schmitt, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, tying the overall score at 2-2.<\/p>\n James Madison reclaimed the lead at No. 4 singles when Ryan Morgan edged Simunyola, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, and further extended it with Fleishman’s straight-sets victory over Vilain at No. 5 singles, 6-3, 6-2. With these results, James Madison secured the overall victory, and the remaining match at No. 6 singles between Adria Franco<\/a> and Gur Libal was left unfinished, with Franco trailing 1-6, 4-4. The final dual score was 4-2 in favor of James Madison.<\/p>\n Doubles \u00a0 Singles \u00a0 Up Next
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\nMonil Lotlikar<\/a>\/Ekansh Kumar<\/a> (GMU) def. Esteve Agusti\/Aurelien Schmitt (JMU) 6-3 \u00a0
\nZach Fleishman\/Gur Libal (JMU) def. Edgar Vilain<\/a>\/Niza Simunyola<\/a> (GMU) 6-4 \u00a0
\nShari Saeed<\/a>\/Deniz Okyay<\/a> (GMU) def. Harrison Lee\/Francisco Sinopoli (JMU) 6-4 \u00a0
\nOrder of finish: 1, 2, 3 \u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nEsteve Agusti (JMU) def. Monil Lotlikar<\/a> (GMU) 6-1, 6-1 \u00a0
\nDeniz Okyay<\/a> (GMU) def. Aurelien Schmitt (JMU) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 \u00a0
\nFrancisco Sinopoli (JMU) def. Ekansh Kumar<\/a> (GMU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 \u00a0
\nRyan Morgan (JMU) def. Niza Simunyola<\/a> (GMU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 \u00a0
\nZach Fleishman (JMU) def. Edgar Vilain<\/a> (GMU) 6-3, 6-2 \u00a0
\nAdria Franco<\/a> (GMU) vs. Gur Libal (JMU) 1-6, 4-4 (unfinished) \u00a0
\nOrder of finish: 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 \u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe Green & Gold host Loyola Md. on Tuesday, April 14 at 2 p.m. in Fairfax, Va. for the final regular season match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISONBURG, Va. \u2014 George Mason University (9-6) fell to James Madison University (13-7) 2-4 on Sunday at Hillside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-603044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603044","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=603044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}