Hens Post Successful Day Against No. 21 Concordia and Chestnut Hill

Sunday, February 3

Elkton, MD

12:00 PM

University of Delaware

Concordia College

Junior Milo Nagle

Photo by: Ed Davis

Hens Post Successful Day Against No. 21 Concordia and Chestnut Hill

2/3/2019 11:37:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Chestnut Hill Results Concordia Results

ELKTON, Md. – Delaware faced two tough opponents Sunday afternoon and pulled out 5-2 victories against both No. 21 Concordia College and Chestnut Hill at Elkton Indoor Tennis.

The Blue Hens (3-1) opened the day by sweeping the team doubles point against the Clippers (0-1), which included a top-flight 6-4 win for freshmen James Wilkinson and Luis Molina over the seventh-ranked duo of Eymeric Chevalier and Michele Fenoaltea.

In top-flight singles play, Wilkinson topped Chevalier, 6-4, 6-3 while Molina picked up the No. 2 singles win of 6-0, 4-6, 10-6 against 10th-ranked Fenoaltea.

Sophomore Guilherme Valdoleiros tallied the 6-0, 7-5 victory against Henry Masters in the third flight and junior Milo Nagle collected the 6-0, 6-4 win versus Maximillian Grundmann.

Delaware continued to roll against the Griffins (3-1) with doubles wins in the first and third flights. Chestnut Hill picked up the first doubles win, but senior Blaise Casselbury and junior Dominick Perez tied things up with their 6-3 victory over Kai Adler and Adam Gavin. Wilkinson and Molina clinched the team point with the 6-4 top-flight win against Thomas Pitchley and Erik Jorsal.

Casselbury picked up the 6-2, 6-2 win in No. 3 singles while Valdoleiros gave the Hens the 3-1 advantage with the No. 2 singles victory against Jesus Dorias, 6-1, 6-4.

Perez captured the team win in the fifth flight by topping Adler, 6-3, 7-6 (5) while Nagle rounded out the day with a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-4 decision over Jorsal.

POST-MATCH QUOTES
Head Coach Pablo Montana
"We came up with two solid wins against two highly-respected Division II teams in the country. We had to play exceptional tennis to collect wins versus both Concordia and Chestnut Hill. It was a good test for our guys to play both teams today. I love double headers as we can usually play the entire roster and it's encouraging to see our players getting fitter and stronger after every match."

[Against Concordia]: "It's no surprise that Concordia is one of the best Division II teams in the country. It started with our doubles teams playing focused and disciplined tennis while putting a lot of pressure with our first-serve percentage. In singles play, we had a lot of momentum and confidence and were able to come forward and close out the points when we needed to."

[Against Chestnut Hill]: "I was very proud of our resiliency and effort our guys showed today and it was great to be able to play our entire roster in today's matches as we have a very deep team this year. We will rest and recover and continue to work on getting better as we prepare for next weekend's matches."

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
     •   Sunday, February 10 – Monmouth at Delaware – Noon – Elkton Indoor Tennis (Elkton, Md.)
     •   Sunday, February 10 – Coppin State at Delaware – 4 p.m. – Elkton Indoor Tennis (Elkton, Md.)
     •   Saturday, February 16 – UC Riverside at Delaware – 6 p.m. – Elkton Indoor Tennis (Elkton, Md.)

MEDIA CONTACT: Maggie Hayon, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mhayon@udel.edu | O: 302-831-6389