Spiders Take Down A-10 Foe Duquesne, 6-1

Sunday, March 21

Westhampton Courts

11AM

University of Richmond

Duquesne

03/21/2021 | Men's Tennis

RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond men's tennis team won the doubles point and took five of six singles matches to defeat A-10 foe Duquesne, 6-1, Sunday at the Westhampton Tennis Courts.

The Spiders (3-6, 1-1 A-10) started the match by winning all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead.

Junior John Walsh (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) and junior Campbell Erwin (San Antonio, Texas) started with a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles against Alex Mascioli and Joey Matthews.

At No. 1 doubles, freshman Daniel Kliebhan (Newtown, Pa.) and junior Josh Keitelman (Chevy Chase, Md.) clinched the win against Alejandro Rodriguez and Tamirlan Teberikov, 7-5.

In the final doubles match, junior Alex Wernink (Glen Cove, N.Y.) and graduate student Matt Fernandez (Richmond, Va.) earned the sweep with a 6-4 win against Kaipo Marshall and Jin Dassanayake at No. 3 doubles.

In singles, Keitelman won in straight sets against Bode Vance, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles. Fernandez gave Richmond a 3-0 lead with a straight-sets win at No. 1 singles against Mascioli, 6-2, 6-0. Walsh clinched the win at No. 3 singles against Marshall, 6-3, 6-3.

Freshman Sebastian Miano (Barcelona, Spain) lost a close match at No. 5 singles against Teberikov, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-8). Miano lost the third set super tiebreaker, 10-8.

Wernink gave the Spiders a 5-1 lead after winning in three sets against Rodriguez, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (8-6). Wernink won the third set tiebreaker, 7-6 (8-6) to earn the point.

In the final match, Erwin won in a third set super tiebreaker against Dassanayake, 6-7 (9-11), 7-5, 1-0 (10-6) at No. 4 singles. Erwin played a tight first set tiebreaker falling 11-9 and forced a third set super tiebreaker with a second set win 7-5. Erwin won the 10-point breaker, 10-6.

Richmond will host Virginia Wesleyan on Friday, March 26 at the Westhampton Tennis Courts.

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Richmond 6, Duquesne 1
Singles competition
1. Matt Fernandez (UR) def. Alex Mascioli (DUQ), 6-2, 6-0
2. Alex Wernink (UR) def. Alejandro Rodriguez (DUQ), 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (8-6)
3. John Walsh (UR) def. Kaipo Marshall (DUQ), 6-3, 6-3
4. Campbell Erwin (UR) def. Jin Dassanayake (DUQ), 6-7 (9-11), 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)
5. Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) def. Sebastian Miano (UR), 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-8)
6. Josh Keitelman (UR) def. Bode Vance (DUQ), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Daniel Kliebhan/Josh Keitelman (UR) def. Alejandro Rodriguez/Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ), 7-5
2. Campbell Erwin/John Walsh (UR) def. Alex Mascioli/Joey Matthews (DUQ), 6-3
3. Alex Wernink/Matt Fernandez (UR) def. Kaipo Marshall/Jin Dassanayake (DUQ), 6-4

Match Notes:
Richmond 3-6, 1-1 A-10
Duquesne 3-3, 1-2 A-10
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (6,1,3,5,2,4)

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