University of Delaware Men's Tennis Falls in Heartbreaker to Quinnipiac

Saturday, February 8

Elkton Indoor Tennis Courts

6:30 PM

University of Delaware

Quinnipiac

University of Delaware Men's Tennis Falls in Heartbreaker to Quinnipiac

2/8/2014 11:38:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Delaware Athletics

ELKTON, Md. – The University of Delaware men's tennis team picked up its first loss of the season Saturday with a heart-breaking 4-3 defeat at the hands of Quinnipiac University at Elkton Indoor Tennis.

The Blue Hens (2-1) swept all three doubles matches to earn the first team point of the day.

In singles action, senior Troy Beneck (Wilmington, Del.) collected the team's first win with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Kei Ezaka in the top flight.

Alex Sweet

In the final contest of the afternoon, freshman Roy Cheng (Shatin, Hong Kong) suffered from cramping and fell just short of Carlos Fernandez, 6-3, 6-5 (5), to allow the Bobcats (5-2) to take the team victory, 4-3.

Austin Longacre is third all-time with a mark of 56-41.
     · Beneck is the first Delaware player to reach 70 career doubles wins.
     · Lawton and Beneck have won three straight doubles matches.
     · Zack Niklaus and Sweet have also won three consecutive doubles matches.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
     ·   ~~Sunday, Feb. 9 – Villanova at Delaware – 3 p.m. – DuPont Country Club (Wilmington, Del.)~~ – POSTPONED
     · Saturday, Feb. 15 – Saint Joseph's at Delaware – 6:30 p.m. – Elkton Indoor Tennis (Elkton, Md.)
     · Saturday, Feb. 22 – Delaware at Swarthmore – 1 p.m. – Swarthmore, Pa.