Men's Tennis Sweeps Villanova 7-0; Perrone Records First-Career Win

Friday, January 30

Elkton, Md.

Noon

University of Delaware

Villanova

Photo by: Mikey Reeves

Men's Tennis Sweeps Villanova 7-0; Perrone Records First-Career Win

1/30/2026 6:32:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware men's tennis swept Villanova in its home opener by a score of 7-0 at Elkton Indoor Tennis Friday. Interim head coach Nathan Perrone earned his first-career win in the contest.

The Fightin' Blue Hens improve to 1-0, while the Wildcats drop to 0-1. This was UD's seventh-straight win over Villanova.

ON THE RECORD
"It feels great to be back in the competitive nature facing some tough times and matches," interim head coach Nathan Perrone said. "That was a good battle against Villanova today. We had to get digging on every court. Excited to build off this and for our road trip up to play Bucknell on Sunday. Let's go"

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Delaware started the day with both of its nationally-ranked duos in Tobey Lock/Euan Mackenzie and Federico Garbero/Itamar Tapiro taking down pairs of 'Cats.
UD swept singles play, including an exciting match between Mackenzie and Villanova's Thomas Wakefield going to a third set pro-set, where the senior emerged victorious 10-7.
Tapiro closed the match out winning both sets without dropping a game.

FULL RESULTS
SINGLES
1. Federico Garbero (DEL) def. Cooper Gordon (NOVA) 7-6, 6-4
2. Tobey Lock (DEL) def. Quincy Jones (NOVA) 6-4
3. Luke Tollenaar (DEL) def. Ethan Carr (NOVA) 6-1, 6-2
4. Aristotelis Bezianis (DEL) def. Will Monahan (NOVA) 6-1, 6-4
5. Euan Mackenzie (DEL) def. Thomas Wakefield (NOVA) 6-4, 4-6, 10-7
6. Itamar Tapiro (DEL) def. Cameron Kruep (NOVA) 6-0, 6-0

DOUBLES
1. Euan Mackenzie/Tobey Lock (DEL) def. Cooper Gordon/Ethan Carr (NOVA) 7-5
2. Itamar Tapiro/Federico Garbero (DEL) def. Kush Anand/Thomas Wakefield (NOVA) 6-2
3. Quincy Jones/Jack Sherner (NOVA) def. Luke Tollenaar/James Sclater (DEL) 6-3

UP NEXT
The Blue Hens will travel to Lewisburg, Pa., to battle Bucknell on Sunday, February 1. The match will take place at 1 p.m.

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