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Men's Tennis Picks Up Win at Illinois State



NORMAL, Ill. – The No. 61 DePaul men’s tennis team posted a 5-2 victory over Illinois State on Saturday at the Evergreen Racquet Club.  The Blue Demons secured the doubles point before taking four singles matches from the Redbirds.

 

Jose Moncada and Austin Doerner gave DePaul an 8-4 victory over Alfredo Lagarda and Yohann Nograbat in the top doubles flight, while George Wang and Alasdair Graetz posted an 8-4 Blue Demon win against Nuno Jacinto and Daniel Tobar at No. 2.  Vanja Grgec and Danny Wilson suffered an 8-6 defeat in the third doubles match to Oscar Beich and Luka Marinkovic.

 

Singles action saw Doerner cruise past Lagarda, 6-1, 6-0, in the second match, while Moncada rallied over Jacinto for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory at No. 3.  Grgec earned a point for DePaul in the fifth match, defeating Beich by a score of 6-3, 7-5.  Jack Komar triumphed at No. 6 singles with a 6-3, 7-6 win over Tobar.

 

The Blue Demons (7-3, 1-0 BIG EAST) return to action on Saturday, February 24 with a neutral court match against No. 66 Nebraska in Des Moines, Iowa.

 

DePaul 5, Illinois State 2

 

Doubles

No. 1-Moncada/Doerner (DePaul) def. Lagarda/Nograbat (ISU) 8-4

No. 2-Wang/Graetz (DePaul) def. Jacinto/Tobar (ISU) 8-4

No. 3-Beich/Marinkovic (ISU) def. Grgec/Wilson (DePaul) 8-6

 

Singles

No. 1-Yohann Nograbat (ISU) def. George Wang (DePaul) 6-4, 7-5

No. 2-Austin Doerner (DePaul) def. Alfredo Lagarda (ISU) 6-1, 6-0

No. 3-Jose Moncada (DePaul) def. Nuno Jacinto (ISU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4

No. 4-Luka Marinkovic (ISU) def. Alasdair Graetz (DePaul) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)

No. 5-Vanja Gregec (DePaul) def. Oscar Beich (ISU) 6-3, 7-5

No. 6-Jack Komar (DePaul) def. Daniel Tobar (ISU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)