Men's Tennis Shuts Out Buffalo

The DePaul men's tennis team recorded a 7-0 shutout over Buffalo on Friday at Lakeshore Athletic Club. The Blue Demons swept doubles action before taking all six singles matches from the Bulls.

CHICAGO The DePaul men’s tennis team recorded a 7-0 shutout over Buffalo on Friday at Lakeshore Athletic Club. The Blue Demons swept doubles action before taking all six singles matches from the Bulls.

DePaul opened the night with a trio of dominant wins in doubles play. Freshmen Ben Hartman and Adam Williams posted an 8-0 shutout over Aelxis Lluis and Ezra Bernstein at No. 3 before junior Jose Moncada and sophomore Vanja Grgec rolled past Octavian Stane and Jean Carlos Wynter, 8-1, in the No. 2 match. Junior Austin Doerner and sophomore Alasdair Graetz completed the doubles sweep with an 8-5 win over Nikesh Singh Panthlia and Marcelo Mazzetto in the top match.

The Blue Demons stayed on top of their game in singles competition. Graetz cruised past Wynter, 6-1, 6-0, in the No. 5 match, while Hartman followed with a 6-0, 6-0 shutout over Lluis at No. 4. Moncada clinched DePaul’s victory as he topped Mazzetto, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 2.

Doerner gave the Blue Demons an extra point when he delivered a three-set victory over Panthlia in the top singles match. The DePaul junior dropped the first set, 4-6, before he rallied back for a 6-2 win in the second frame and a 10-5 decision in the super tiebreaker. Grgec posted a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Stane at No. 3 before Williams closed the evening with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Bernstein at No. 6.

DePaul (9-6, 2-0 BIG EAST) returns to competition on Saturday, March 22 with a doubleheader at Lakeshore Athletic Club. The Blue Demons welcome Northern Illinois at 1 p.m. (CST) before Wright State visits at 5 p.m.

DePaul 7, Buffalo 0

Doubles
No. 1 Doerner/Graetz (DePaul) def. Panthlia/Mazzetto (Buffalo) 8-5
No. 2 Moncada/Grgec (DePaul) def. Stane/Wynter (Buffalo) 8-1
No. 3 Hartman/Williams (DePaul) def. Lluis/Bernstein (Buffalo) 8-0

Singles
No. 1 Austin Doerner (DePaul) def. Nikesh Singh Panthlia (Buffalo) 4-6, 6-2, 10-5
No. 2 Jose Moncada (DePaul) def. Marcelo Mazzetto (Buffalo) 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 Vanja Grgec (DePaul) def. Octavian Stane (Buffalo) 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 Ben Hartman (DePaul) def. Alexis Lluis (Buffalo) 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Alasdair Graetz (DePaul) def. Jean Carlos Wynter (Buffalo) 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 Adam Williams (DePaul) def. Ezra Bernstein (Buffalo) 6-2, 7-5

Order of finish: (3,2,1); (5,4,2,1,3,6)

DePaul: 9-6, 2-0 BIG EAST
Buffalo: 3-8

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