No. 48 Men’s Tennis Suffers First Loss of the Season to No. 71 UNCW

Wednesday, March 27

Wilmington, NC

11 AM

University of Delaware

UNCW

No. 48 Men’s Tennis Suffers First Loss of the Season to No. 71 UNCW

3/27/2024 8:19:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

WILMINGTON, N.C. – No. 48 University of Delaware men's tennis suffered its first loss of the season at No. 71 UNCW on Wednesday, 4-1. The Blue Hens move to 13-1 overall and 4-1 in CAA competition, while the Seahawks advance to 9-5, 3-0 CAA.

ON THE RECORD
"We knew this day was going to come sooner or later," Head Men's Tennis Coach Marc Pibernat said. "We played the best doubles we have all season; however, we did not remain competitive as a team throughout our singles matches. We went down first set on every court and as the match was developing, we were losing more momentum. It's a good wake up call for the remainder of the season and especially for the CAA Championship. Us coaches we want to take a moment to reflect and praise what the team has done this season because we are definitely not going to let this loss shadow the amazing season we are having."

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Delaware jumped out to an early lead as it secured the doubles point.

FULL RESULTS
DOUBLES (3, 2)
#56 Harold Huens/Reece Falck (UNCW) vs. Karol Malirz/Javier Ruiz (DEL) 6-6, unfinished
Tobey Lock/Euan Mackenzie (DEL) def. Gabe Hurtado/Trey Mallory (UNCW) 6-4
Udayan Bhakar/Alexandre Gluck (DEL) def. Jordi Domenech/Juan Jose Vargas (UNCW) 6-0

SINGLES (2, 5, 1, 4)
Harold Huens (UNCW) def. Karol Malirz (DEL) 6-4, 6-1
Bekhzod Rasamatov (UNCW) def. Javier Ruiz (DEL) 6-2, 6-0
Reece Falck (UNCW) vs. Tobey Lock (DEL) 7-5, 2-6, 0-0, unfinished
Gabe Hurtado (UNCW) def. Alexandre Gluck (DEL) 7-6, 6-0
Trey Mallory (UNCW) def. Ismail Saadi (DEL) 6-4, 6-1
Jordi Domenech (UNCW) vs. Udayan Bhakar (DEL) 6-1, 3-6, 4-0, unfinished

UP NEXT
The match at Norfolk State slated for Thursday has been canceled due to weather. The Hens return to action on Tuesday at Saint Joseph's.

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