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Friday, April 23
Elon, N.C.
3 p.m.
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JMU Falls to Elon in Final Regular Season Match
4/23/2021 7:38:00 PM | Men's Tennis
ELON, N.C. – James Madison men's tennis dropped a tough match against Elon, 7-0, on Friday afternoon at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
The Dukes fall to a record of 7-7, while the Phoenix improve to 14-5.
After Elon won the first doubles match, redshirt freshman Holden Koons and redshirt senior Paul Mendoza came away with the victory on court one. They overpowered Chung-Han Tsai and Akram El Sallaly, capturing the 6-3 victory.
Elon took the doubles point after winning the deciding match on court two, 6-4, over redshirt junior Alvaro Arce and freshman Oscar Hernandez.
JMU was unable to steal the momentum going into singles, dropping the first two singles matches on court six and three to the Phoenix. On court two, Arce forced a tiebreaker in set one before falling in straight sets to El Sallaly.
After falling in a first set tiebreaker, Koons won set two to force a super tiebreaker on court one. The redshirt freshman eventually fell to Kyle Frankel, 6-7, 6-4, 0-1 (5).
Redshirt sophomore William Karpinski also forced Elon to a third set on court five. After winning the first set, he battled but dropped the next two sets to Nicholas Campbell, 6-1, 3-6, 5-7.
UP NEXT
The Dukes will next take the court in the CAA Championship that will take place April 30 through May 2 in Williamsburg, Va.
The Dukes fall to a record of 7-7, while the Phoenix improve to 14-5.
After Elon won the first doubles match, redshirt freshman Holden Koons and redshirt senior Paul Mendoza came away with the victory on court one. They overpowered Chung-Han Tsai and Akram El Sallaly, capturing the 6-3 victory.
Elon took the doubles point after winning the deciding match on court two, 6-4, over redshirt junior Alvaro Arce and freshman Oscar Hernandez.
JMU was unable to steal the momentum going into singles, dropping the first two singles matches on court six and three to the Phoenix. On court two, Arce forced a tiebreaker in set one before falling in straight sets to El Sallaly.
After falling in a first set tiebreaker, Koons won set two to force a super tiebreaker on court one. The redshirt freshman eventually fell to Kyle Frankel, 6-7, 6-4, 0-1 (5).
Redshirt sophomore William Karpinski also forced Elon to a third set on court five. After winning the first set, he battled but dropped the next two sets to Nicholas Campbell, 6-1, 3-6, 5-7.
UP NEXT
The Dukes will next take the court in the CAA Championship that will take place April 30 through May 2 in Williamsburg, Va.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1,2
#1 Singles Match
123
665
Kyle Frankel / 0 [ELON]
7410
#2 Singles Match
12
62
Akram El Sallaly / 0 [ELON]
76
#3 Singles Match
12
22
Nicholas Condos / 0 [ELON]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
44
Camilo Ponce / 0 [ELON]
66
#5 Singles Match
123
635
Nicholas Campbell / 0 [ELON]
167
#6 Singles Match
12
23
Chung-Han Tsai / 0 [ELON]
66
Order of Finish:
6,3,2,4,1,5
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