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Moritz Mayer vs. Xavier 1/13/2024
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Xavier XU (0-1)
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Winner EKU EKU (1-0)
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EKU EKU
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Anthony Martini, EKU Sports Communications

Colonels Win First Match Of The Season Against Xavier

RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University men's tennis team (1-0, 0-0 ASUN) won its first match of the season against Xavier (0-1, 0-0 Big East) by a score of 4-3 at Greg Adams Tennis Center on Saturday.
 
To begin the dual match, Moritz Mayer and Mario Monclus Martin won their doubles match from the No. 1 court, 6-3. Then, Kristoffer Stahlbrand and Paul-Antoine Brazet earned a win in doubles from the No. 3 spot, 6-3, as the Colonels entered singles play with a one-point advantage.
 
In singles play, Mayer won his match in dominating fashion from the No. 4 position, 6-3, 6-2.
 
After Evzen Holis lost his singles match in straight sets, Fernando Bulnes earned his first career Division I win from the No. 3 court in a three-set thriller, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
 
Monclus Martin won the first set in singles, but he lost in the third set on the tiebreak from the top spot in the lineup, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (5-7). Stahlbrand lost his match in straight sets from the No. 5 court, as the match was tied 3-3.
 
Brazet clinched the match for the Colonels, winning his singles match in straight sets from the No. 6 position, 6-3, 6-3.
 
Singles competition
  1. Ryan Cahill (XU) def. Mario Monclus Martin (EKU), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
  2. Charlie Temming (XU) def. Evzen Holis (EKU), 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
  3. Fernando Bulnes (EKU) def. Marco Pennelli (XU), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2  
  4. Moritz Mayer (EKU) def. Kyle Totorica (XU), 6-3, 6-2
  5. Cristian Gonzalez (XU) def. Kristoffer Stahlbrand (EKU), 6-2, 6-4  
  6. Paul-Antoine Brazet (EKU) def. Jorge Santamaria (XU), 6-3, 6-3
Singles (4, 2, 3, 1, 5, 6)
 
Doubles competition
  1. Moritz Mayer and Mario Monclus Martin (EKU) def. Ryan Cahill and Charlie Temming (XU), 6-3
  2. Fernando Bulnes and Evzen Holis (EKU) vs. Cristian Gonzalez and Kyle Totorica (XU), 4-5, unfinished
  3. Paul-Antoine Brazet and Kristoffer Stahlbrand (EKU) def. Marco Pennelli and Jorge Santamaria (XU), 6-3
Doubles (1,3)
 
Next Up
The Colonels travel to Lexington to face off against #11 Kentucky on Monday, Jan. 15 at 4:00 p.m. at Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex.
 
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