Men’s Tennis Drops Hofstra for Ninth-Straight Win

Saturday, March 11

Hempstead, NY

1:00 p.m.

University of Delaware

Hofstra

Photo by: Mark Campbell

3/11/2023 7:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis

OCEANSIDE, N.Y. – Delaware men's tennis (10-1, 2-0 CAA) dropped Hofstra (6-5, 0-1 CAA) Saturday afternoon with a 6-1 decision to pick up the Hens' ninth-straight win.

"This was a battle today," Assistant Coach Nate Perrone said. "We will gain a great deal of confidence from going on the road and getting a solid 6-1 win against Hofstra. Shoutout to Luis Molina being down 5-3 in the third and coming back to clinch it for us. With the season going along nicely, I am excited. We have some great opportunities coming up to make a real statement."

Hofstra claimed the first doubles match before the Hens top duo knotted things at one apiece. In a tough battle in the second flight, Euan Mackenzie and Tobey Lock pulled out a point clinching win in No. 2 doubles.

In singles play, despite the 6-1 final score, only one flight didn't require a third set or tiebreaker. Udayan Bhakar took the straight-set win in the final slot. Both Daniel Krulig and William Wibmer used tie breakers to garner victories in two sets after a close opening set each. Luis Molina garnered the match clincher for UD after falling dropping the first set.

Delaware will travel to the City of Brotherly Love on Wednesday for a 10 a.m. match against the Temple Owls.

FULL RESULTS:
DOUBLES:
William Wibmer/James Wilkinson (DEL) def. Bo Cautaerts/Matthew Garcia (HOF), 6-4
Euan Mackenzie/Tobey Lock (DEL) def. Ostap Kovalenko/Johnathan Mahrt, 7-6 (6)
Joshua Reynolds/Kaita Odani (HOF) def. Daniel Krulig/Udayan Bhakar (DEL), 6-2

SINGLES:
Kovalenko (HOF) def. Wilkinson (DEL), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Luis Molina (DEL) def. Cautaerts (HOF), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Krulig (DEL) def. Garcia (HOF), 7-6 (4), 6-1
Wibmer (DEL) def. Reynolds (HOF), 7-6 (3), 7-5
Lock (DEL) def. Vincent Turina (HOF), 4-6, 6-3 [10-7]
Bhakar (DEL) def. Hideki Matsuoka (HOF), 6-3, 6-2