Dukes Wrap Up Fall Portion of 2019-20 Schedule

Friday, November 8

Providence, R.I.

James Madison University

Brown Invitational

11/10/2019 7:41:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison concluded fall tournament play Sunday, as the program had split squads at both the Brown Invitational in Providence, Rhode Island and Flames Invitational in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The Flames Invitational consists of pods for their competition. In the final round of singles, the Dukes collected three victories. Sophomore William Karpinski earned his third singles victory in Lynchburg against Liberty's Goncalo Ferreira, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. Sophomore Stefan Petrovic won 7-5, 6-2 against App State's Campbell Stone. Senior Damon Roberts dropped Gavin Segraves from Navy, 6-3, 6-3.

The Brown Invitational was in a dual format, with two schools competing against each other in four singles matches and two doubles. The Dukes faced off against Brown and won three matches. After JMU and Brown were tied with three matches each after singles and doubles, a tiebreaker was played. A tandem was created for both teams, consisting of one doubles player from the first duo and one from the other.

Senior Paul Mendoza and junior Alvaro Arce were matched up in the tiebreaker match and fell to Brown's Jacob Walker and Peter Litsky, 11-9. The duo of freshman Holden Koons and Mendoza remained undefeated together in doubles play at Brown with a 6-3 win over Ching Lam and Litsky.

In singles play, Mendoza defeated Lam, 6-3, 6-2. Junior Gonzalo Adis bounced back and forced a tiebreaker against Niraj Komatineni, winning 3-6, 6-3, 10-5.

QUOTING HEAD COACH STEVE SECORD
"Solid day of singles to finish up the fall season. We have a good idea of what our focus will be this spring as we work towards a conference championship!"

QUOTING ASSISTANT COACH JASON SINKOFF
"Awesome weekend of tennis. We played our best tennis today and have a lot of momentum going into offseason and getting ready for the spring. Success on the court coupled with off the court visits to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport and touring around Boston made this an unforgettable weekend."

UP NEXT
The Dukes have concluded fall tournament play. JMU will announce its spring championship season slate at a later date, which will begin in early 2020.

Brown Invitational – Day Three Results
Singles Round 3
Paul Mendoza (JMU) def. Ching Lam (Brown) 6-3, 6-2
Jacob Walker (Brown) def. Holden Koons (JMU) 6-3, 6-7, 10-4
Peter Litsky (Brown) def. Alvaro Arce (JMU) 6-0, 6-4
Gonzalo Adis (JMU) def. Niraj Komatineni (Brown) 3-6, 6-3, 10-5

Doubles Round 3
Komatineni/Walker (Brown) def. Arce/Adis (JMU) 6-4
Mendoza/Koons (JMU) def. Lam/Litsky (Brown) 6-3

Tiebreak
Walker/Litsky (Brown) def. Mendoza/Arce (JMU) 11-9

Flames Invitational – Day Three Results
Singles Round 4
Damon Roberts (JMU) def. Gavin Segraves (Navy) 6-3, 6-3
Stefan Petrovic (JMU) def. Campbell Stone (App State) 7-5, 6-2
William Karpinski (JMU) def. Goncalo Ferreira (Liberty) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Rosen Naydenov (Longwood) def. Josh Raymundo (JMU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles Round 3
Blasco/Sergio (Longwood) def. Raymundo/Petrovic (JMU) 6-1
Petrovic/Stone (App State) def. Roberts/Karpinski (JMU) 6-4