Dukes Finish Strong in the UNCG Invitational Final Day

Friday, September 20

Greensboro, NC

James Madison University

UNCG Invitational

9/22/2019 7:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Greensboro, N.C. – James Madison men's tennis wrapped up the UNCG Invitational with three doubles and four singles wins.

The tournament, hosted by University North Carolina at Greensboro, was being played in a hidden-dual format, similar to JMU's spring schedule of six singles and three doubles with extra matches, eight singles and four doubles. The Dukes competed against Campbell in doubles and ECU in singles.

The morning kicked off with a doubles wins by the duo of juniors Alvaro Arce and Gonzalo Adis. Arce and Adis defeated Campbell's Raphael Calzi and Bastien Huon in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (2). Seniors Paul Mendoza and Tate Steinour followed the trend by winning 6-1 over Ondrej Labik and Gustavs Lukstins.

The tandem of freshman Holden Koons and sophomore William Karpinski fell in a hard fought battle to Fernando Clemete and Mikael Rodriguez 6-4. Sophomore Stefan Petrovic and senior Josh Raymundo completed the doubles round by defeating Noe Macquart and Ted Williams, 6-4.

Petrovic earned his first singles win as a Duke, taking down ECU's Simon Labbe 7-5, 6-1. After a close first set, Arce fell to Diogo Marques 7-5, 6-2. Mendoza and Steinour both fell to their opponents 6-4, 6-4. Adis had a comeback victory in the third set winning 2-6, 6-1, 11-9 over Agustin Tamagnone. Continuing his impressive start in singles this fall, Karpinski won 6-1, 6-3 against Federico Masetti. Raymundo closed out the singles round with his third victory of the tournament over Daniel Bird, 2-6, 6-2, 10-7.

QUOTING HEAD COACH STEVE SECORD
"Just finished up a solid weekend. The doubles play is improved tremendously. I also like the way we got behind each other throughout the weekend. We took a big step in the right direction this weekend."

QUOTING ASSITANT COACH JASON SINKOFF
"Guys did a great job supporting each other today. Going to a third day of tough playing conditions was about mental toughness and relying on teammates to get through the matches. Great finish to the tournament. Gives us a good idea what we need to work on in practice this coming week."

UP NEXT
JMU travels to Richmond, Va. to compete in the River City Invitational, hosted by University of Richmond. The tournament takes place from Friday, Oct. 11 through Sunday, Oct. 13 at the Westhampton Tennis Complex.

UNCG Fall Invitational – Day Three Results

Doubles Round 3 (JMU vs. Campbell)

Arce/Adis (JMU) def. Calzi/Huon (Campbell) 7-6 (2)
Mendoza/Steinour (JMU) def. Labik/Lukstins (Campbell) 6-1
Clemente/Rodriguez (Campbell) def. Koons/Karpinski (JMU) 6-4
Petrovic/Raymundo (JMU) def. Macquart/Williams (Campbell) 6-4

Singles Round 4 (JMU vs. ECU)

Diogo Marques (ECU) def. Alvaro Arce (JMU) 7-5, 6-2
Javier Renones (ECU) def. Paul Mendoza (JMU) 6-4, 6-4
Gonzalo Adis (JMU) def. Agustin Tamagnone (ECU) 2-6, 6-1, 11-9
Wisse Jonker (ECU) def. Tate Steinour (JMU) 6-4, 6-4
William Karpinski (JMU) def. Federico Masetti (ECU) 6-1, 6-3
Josh Raymundo (JMU) def. Daniel Bird (ECU) 2-6, 6-2, 10-7