JMU Defeats Richmond On The Road

Saturday, April 6

Richmond, Va.

5 p.m.

James Madison University

Richmond

4/6/2019 8:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - James Madison men's tennis snapped Richmond's four-match win streak with a 5-2 victory on Saturday evening. JMU improved to 15-7 which is tied for the sixth most wins in a season in program history.

DOUBLES
Sophomore Alvaro Arce and senior Pierre Kohler picked up a victory at doubles, 6-1. The duo is now 7-6 when partnering up at court one and is 15-9 overall when playing together.

Juniors Paul Mendoza and Tate Steinour also won 6-1 in doubles on court two. The tandem is now on a two-match win streak together and is now 12-6 when the two team up.

William Karpinski and Gonzalo Adis were battling on court three but since the Dukes clinched the doubles point the matchup would be halted, tied 3-3.

SINGLES
Arce won in straight sets on court two 6-1, 6-3 to lead 2-0 in the match. The sophomore is now 8-7 when playing at singles two and picked up his 11^th singles win of the season.

Richmond picked up a singles victory at one in straight sets as the Spiders trailed 2-1. Mendoza battled it out in the first set 7-5 and won 6-2 in the second set as he earned his 15^th singles win of the season. His win at court three would put JMU up 3-1 in the match.

The Spiders then picked up their second point of the day with a win on court four for a JMU 3-2 lead.

Steinour clinched the match at six with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 win. He is now 3-2 when playing on court six. Adis added to the Dukes victory by putting up a tiebreak victory 7-5, 4-6 (10-6) at court five.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
Coach Steve Secord: "Solid win today against a really good and well coached Richmond team. I was impressed how well we came out in doubles. Singles on clay courts is always a grind and the guys embraced the battle and worked hard. Was awesome for Tate to clinch the match in front of his home club fans. His dad is the director of the club. Looking forward to some rest and practice this week before heading to Philly to battle with Drexel."

Assistant Coach Jason Sinkoff: "Atmosphere was awesome today with over 200 people coming out to support! Today was also best we've played in doubles this year. Guys came out with a lot of energy and played at a high level from the first to the last point. Singles was a battle on every court and today we played the big points a little better than Richmond did."

UP NEXT
JMU will travel to Drexel on Saturday, April 13 for a CAA matchup. First serve is set for 11 a.m.