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PHILADELPHIA, Pa.- The Villanova men’s tennis team closed out the fall season by competing at the Dragon Invite this weekend, November 7-9, taking place at both Villanova and Drexel.
Villanova opened the tournament with two doubles matchups, first taking on Temple. The duo of Frattarelli/Benoit delivered the Wildcats’ first win of the weekend with a commanding 6–2 victory. Villanova’s second match of the day came against FDU, where Jones/Sherner posted an impressive 6–3 win to close out Day 1 on a positive note.
The Wildcats returned to action on Saturday for singles play against NJIT. Will Monahan earned Villanova’s top win of the day, securing a straight-set 6–4, 6–4 victory. Ethan Solop followed with one of the closest matches of the session, grinding out a pair of tight tiebreak sets to win 7–6(5), junior Thomas Wakefield was leading his match before his opponent retired, giving Villanova its third singles win of the day. Sophomore Cameron Kruep pushed his match to a third-set tiebreak after taking the opening set, but ultimately fell in a narrow 11–13 decision
Up Next: This was the last fall invite for Villanova this season. They will now look to get ready for the spring campaign.
Results:
Day 1
St. Johns vs NJIT
Groves / Agynskyy
6
3
Fukuhara/ Hankins
Raicevic/ Paroulek
7
6(4)
Sorin/ Linga
Tsirikidze/ Sotelo
6
1
Risan/ Argenal
Drexel vs Monmouth
Erlewein/ Burridge
6
3
Martinez Sanz/ Vysochenko
Obrul/ Moukarzel
4
6
Keller/ Bonnett
Franquis/ Lima
6
4
Ungerman/ Sauer Jimenez
St. Johns vs Monmouth
Groves / Agynskyy
4
6
Martinez Sanz/ Vysochenko
Tsirikidze/ Sotelo
3
6
Keller/ Bonnett
Raicevic/ Pottbecker
2
6
Nguyen / Sauer Jimenez
Drexel vs NJIT
Erlewein/ Burridge
7
5
Sorin / Fukuhara
Obrul/ Moukarzel
6
3
Risan / Hankins
Franquis/ Lima
6
4
Linga/ Argenal
Monmouth vs NJIT
Martinez Sanz/ Keller
6
1
Risan / Sorin
Vysochenko/ Ungerman
3
6
Fukuhara / Linga
Nguyen/ Bonnett
6
1
Hankins / Argenal
Drexel vs St. John’s
Erlewein/ Burridge
7
5
Sotelo / Groves
Obrul/ Moukarzel
6
3
Agynskyy / Tsirikidze
Guzman/ Franquis
6
7 (7-5)
Pottbecker / Zivkovic
Villanova vs Temple
Monahan/ Wakesfield
2
6
Blumenschein/ Bhat
Jones/ Sherner
6
7 (3-7)
Nemani/ Pennabadi
Kruep/ Solop
2
6
Er/ Crespi
Frattarelli/ Benoit
6
2
Kolaric/ Rees
Villanova vs FDU
Jones/ Sherner
6
3
Wrann/ Neira
Frattarelli/ Benoit
2
6
Minor/ Alonso-Cortes
Day 2
Drexel vs Temple
Moukarzel
3
6
Bhat
1
6
Burridge
3
6
Kolaric
Obrul
6
4
Crespi
6
4
Guzman
6
2
Nemani
6
3
Franquis
3
6
Blumenschein
6
4
10
8
Lima
6
2
Pennabadi
0
6
12
10
Villanova vs NJIT
Jones
2
6
Fukuhara
0
6
Frattarelli
1
6
Hankins
2
6
Monahan
6
4
Sorin
6
4
Kruep
7
5
Risan
4
6
11
13
Wakesfield
6
1
Argenal
3
2
RET
Solop
7
6
(5)
Linga
7
6
(5)
FDU vs Temple
Minor
3
6
Kolaric
6
3
6
10
Alonso-Cortes
3
6
Crespi
3
6
Wrann
2
6
Blumenschein
6
7
2
Schwartz
2
6
Pennabadi
3
6
Neira
6
3
Rees
6
2
Day 3
DOUBLES
RESULT
Kavounov/ Feidler (Drexel)
Yonehara/ Letzer (Lehigh)
6-1 Drexel WON
Chowgule/ Ibrahim (Drexel)
Harrington/ Pantsari (Lehigh)
6-3 Drexel WON
SINGLES
Fiedler (Drexel)
Yonehara (Lehigh)
6-4, 1-6, 11-9 Lehigh WON
Ibrahim (Drexel)
Pantsari (Lehigh)
6-1, 7-5 Lehigh WON
Heiba (Drexel)
Harrington (Lehigh)
6-3, 3-6, 10-7 Drexel WON
DOUBLES
RESULT
Temple 1
Chrisoforidou/ Andreoni
6-0 Temple WON
Temple 2
Martinez/ Andreoni
6-1 Temple WON
UD 1
Dollens/ Akselrod
6-3 UD WON
UD 2
Vinahradava/ Tomichek
7-6 (7-3) UD WON
SINGLES
Oliedo (Hofstra)
Czerny (SJU)
6-1, 6-3 Hofstra WON
Vinahradava (UD)
Costa (Temple)
6-1, 6-3 UD WON
Andreoni (Temple)
Cardinal (Hofstra)
6-2, 6-3 Temple WON
Martinez (Temple)
Bilokon (Hofstra)
6-2, 6-3 Temple WON
Akselrod (UD)
Flemming (SJU)
7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2) UD WON
Vaidya (Temple)
Drinchich (Hofstra)
6-1, 6-0 Temple WON
Dollens (UD)
Veneziano (Hofstra)
6-0, 6-0 UD WON
Tomichek (UD)
Maragliano (Hofstra)
6-1, 6-0 UD WON