WEST CHESTER, Pa.- The West Chester University men's tennis team (1-8, 0-3) returned to South Campus this afternoon for its PSAC home opener vs Bloomsburg (5-5, 2-0).
Aidan Cashin (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) won sixth singles in decisive fashion (6-2, 6-1) but it was not enough to lead the Golden Rams to an upset over Bloomsburg as the Huskies escaped with a 6-1 victory on Saturday.
Felix Weber (Wolfenbuettel, Germany/IMG Academy) and
Brady Burns (Narvon, PA/Peques Valley) were victorious at the first doubles spot winning 6-3 against Vishesh Patel and Sergio Dilan. The Huskies would go on to win second doubles 6-1 forcing the attention to third doubles duo
Cesar DeJesus-Morales (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Colegio Marista Academy) and
Andres Urrutia (Guatemala City, Guatemala/APDE SOLATO HS). The Golden Rams fell short as Bloomsburg would take the match 6-3 along with the doubles point.
Along with Cashin's 6-2 6-1 win, two of the six singles matches would go on to play a decisive set in order to find a winner Bloomsburg's Lu Casamitjana defeated Weber 3-6 6-2 6-2 moments after Albert Martin claimed the match for the Huskies against Urrutia. Burns went on to be the remaining Golden Ram on court before falling to Fernando Barros 10-4 in the match tiebreak.
Doubles:
Felix Weber /
Brady Burns (WCU) def. Vinesh Patel / Sergio Dilan (BU) 6-3
Fernando Barros / Jaime Soria (BU) def.
Lucas Henke /
Andrew Poprik (WCU) 6-1
Lu Casamitjana / Denis Dementev (BU) def.
Cesar DeJesus-Morales /
Andres Urrutia (WCU) 6-3
Singles:
Denis Dementev (BU) def.
Lucas Henke (WCU) 6-2 6-3
Albert Martin (BU) def.
Andres Urrutia (WCU) 6-2 6-4
Fernando Barros (BU) def.
Brady Burns (WCU) 6-7(7) 7-6(5) 1-0(4)
Lu Casamitjana (BU) def.
Felix Weber (WCU) 3-6 6-2 6-2
Jaime Soria (BU) def.
Andrew Poprik (WCU) 6-0 6-2
Aidan Cashin (WCU) def. Landon Wall (BU) 6-2 6-1
Up Next:
West Chester will return to action tomorrow against University of the District of Columbia (UDC) at 1 pm.
