University of Richmond
George Mason
Spiders Return to Conference Play, Drop Hard-Fought Battle to George Mason
03/31/2023 | Men's Tennis
FAIRFAX, Va. – Returning to conference play, the University of Richmond Men's Tennis Team dropped a hard-fought battle, 4-2, to George Mason Friday afternoon on the road. With the loss the Spiders fell to 10-6 on the year and 0-2 in Atlantic 10 action while the Patriots improved to 5-6 overall and 1-2 in conference.
George Mason swept doubles action as the Patriot duos fired on all cylinders to clinch the doubles point. In singles play, Sebastian Miano picked up a hard-fought win on singles court five over Simunyola (GMU), 6-4, 6-1 while Alex Wernink took his singles court six match over Pedraza (GMU), 6-1, 6-2. William Karpinski split the first two sets with Khan (GMU) as he left his court two match unfinished, 6-1, 4-5.
The Spiders will continue conference play on Saturday, taking on Fordham at 11 a.m. in Fairfax.
RESULTS
Doubles
(1) Rit. Sardana/Khan (GMU) def. Kliebhan/Karpinski (UR), 6-2
(2) Ris. Sardana/Simunyola (GMU) def. Walsh/Wernink (UR), 6-2
(3) Lotlikar/Pedraza (GMU) def. Miano/Wiley (UR), 6-2
Singles
(1) Rit. Sardana (GMU) def. Kliebhan (UR), 6-4, 6-4
(2) Khan (GMU) vs. Karpinski (UR), 1-6, 5-4, DNF
(3) Lotlikar (GMU) def. Wiley (UR), 6-2, 6-2
(4) Ris. Sardana (GMU) def. Walsh (UR), 6-2, 6-2
(5) Miano (UR) def. Simunyola (GMU), 6-4, 6-1
(6) Wernink (UR) def. Pedraza (GMU), 6-1, 6-2
