Blue Demons Top Southeastern Louisiana

The DePaul men's tennis team earned their third-straight win after defeating Southeastern Louisiana, 5-2. The Blue Demons improved to 13-5, overall, while the Lions fall to 6-7.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas The DePaul men’s tennis team earned their third-straight win after defeating Southeastern Louisiana, 5-2. The Blue Demons improved to 13-5, overall, while the Lions fall to 6-7.

In the race for the doubles point, wins were posted in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots to give DePaul the point. Jose Moncada and Alasdair Graetz beat Alexis Biarneiz and Julien Russel, 8-2, while Bartosz Jozwiak and Vanja Grgec clinched the point with their 8-6 win over Jan Bezdecka and Guilaume Capovin. The No. 69-ranked doubles tandem of Austin Doerner and Ben Hartman suffered just their third loss of the season in the top match.

The Blue Demons went up to a commanding 3-0 lead after singles wins were recorded by Doerner and Moncada. In the No. 2 singles match, Moncada defeated Damien Cordoba, 6-1, 6-3, to improve to an overall record of 21-7. Doerner picked up his ninth win in the top match after overcoming Stepan Siska, 6-3, 6-2. His overall record now stands at 16-11.

Hartman clinched the match for the team after his win in the No. 4 singles slot. He triumphed over Guilaume Capovin with a score of 6-2, 6-3. Jozwiak registered the final Blue Demon victory of the day, beating Bezdecka, 6-0, 6-4. Graetz and Grgec both lost in three sets.

The team returns to action on Wed., March 25 when they face Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in San Antonio, Texas for a neutral court matchup.

DePaul, 5 - Southeastern Louisiana, 2
Doubles:
No. 1 Benja min Enke/Stepan Siska def. Austin Doerner/Ben Hartman, 8-3
No. 2 Jose Moncada/Alasdair Graetz def. Alexis Biarneix/Julien Russel ,8-2
No. 3 Bartosz Jozwiak/Vanja Grgec def. Jan Bezdecka/Guilaume Capovin, 8-6
Order of finish (1, 2, 3)

Singles:
No. 1 Austin Doerner def. Stepan Siska, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Jose Moncada def. Damien Cordoba, 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 Bejamin Enke def. Alasdair Graetz, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
No. 4 Ben Hartman def. Guilaume Capovin, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Bartosz Jozwiak def. Jan Bezdecka, 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 Alexis Biarneix def. Vanja Grgec 6-3, 6-7, 10-6
Order of finish (2, 1, 4,* 5, 3, 6)
*denotes clinching match

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