JMU Opens Tournament Play at UNCG Fall Invitational

Friday, September 15

Greensboro, N.C.

James Madison University

UNCG Fall Invitational

9/17/2023 5:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

GREENSBORO, N.C. – James Madison men's tennis opened its fall tournament season competing at the UNCG Fall Invitational, held at the UNCG Tennis Courts on Sept. 15-17.

The Dukes won a combined 18 matches on the weekend, going 8-4 in doubles play and 10-5 in singles matchups.

Aathreya Mahesh led the Dukes with five total wins, going 5-1 between doubles and singles, while the trio of Julian Lozano, Youssef Sadek and Esteve Agusti each went 4-1. Francisco Sinopoli also had a winning ledger, at 3-2.

In doubles play, the tandem of Agusti and Mahesh went 3-0, while Lozano and Sadek and Edson Sanchez and Sinopoli were both 2-1.

Singles play was highlighted by Lozano and Sadek going 2-0, while Mahesh was 2-1 and both Harrison Lee and Mario Pena went 1-0.

The tournament was a hidden-dual format, with doubles play on Friday, followed by singles on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday's matches were cut short due to inclement weather.

QUOTING COACH STEVE SECORD:
"It's great to get back to match play again. It was a solid first tournament, and we can build on the success we had. We will continue working hard to reinforce the positives and look to improve in a few areas. I look forward to another opportunity next weekend."

FULL RESULTS
Friday, Sept. 15
JMU vs. Longwood
Alejandro Hernandez/Timeo Puech (LONG) def. Julian Lozano/Youssef Sadek (JMU), 6-4
Esteve Agusti/Aathreya Mahesh (JMU) def. Petar Belosevic/Alejandro Uribe (LONG), 6-4
Edson Sanchez/Francisco Sinopoli (JMU) def. Lorenzo Meschini/Luis Reis (LONG), 6-2
Mario Pena/Harrison Lee (JMU) def. Seva Rusin/Gary Huang (LONG), 6-2

JMU vs. Campbell
Julian Lozano/Youssef Sadek (JMU) def. Benjamin Maes/Tomas Balazi (CAMP), 6-3
Esteve Agusti/Aathreya Mahesh (JMU) def. Lukas Steffen/Damien Nezar (CAMP), 7-6 (9)
Francisco Sinopoli/Edson Sanchez (JMU) def. Pol Otin/Noe Marquart (CAMP), 6-4
Matias Lofink/Luke Tollenaar (CAMP) def. Mario Pena/Harrison Lee (JMU), 6-2

JMU vs. Richmond
Julian Lozano/Youssef Sadek (JMU) def. Daniel Kliebhan/Paxton Pritchard (UR), 6-3
Esteve Agusti/Aathreya Mahesh (JMU) def. Nick Roddy/Cole Brashear (UR), 6-3
Sebastian Miano/Dylan Atkinson (UR) def. Francisco Sinopoli/Edson Sanchez (JMU), 7-5
Grant Cohen/Mark Taranov (UR) def. Mario Pena/Harrison Lee (JMU), 6-2

Saturday, Sept. 16
JMU vs. UNCG
Julian Lozano (JMU) def. Tymofiy Khrystyuk (UNCG), 6-2, 7-6 (5)
Youssef Sadek (JMU) def. David Flisberg (UNCG), 6-2, 6-3
John Gabelic (UNCG) def. Francisco Sinopoli (JMU), 6-4, 1-0
Esteve Agusti (JMU) def. Tejas Wall (UNCG), 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (4)
Aathreya Mahesh (JMU) def. Christopher Johns (UNCG), 7-5, 6-2
Devon Moskowitz (UNCG) def. Edson Sanchez (JMU), 6-4, 6-3
Harrison Lee (JMU) def. Andrew Black (UNCG), 6-4, 6-1
Mario Pena (JMU) def. Harrison Gwynn (UNCG), 6-4, 6-0

JMU vs. Davidson
Julian Lozano (JMU) def. Alejandro Solares (DAV), 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (9)
Youssef Sadek (JMU) def. Juan Camilo Perez (DAV), 6-2, 6-3
Francisco Sinopoli (JMU) def. Nico Pinzon (DAV), 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (6)
Sebastian Carpio (DAV) def. Esteve Agusti (JMU), 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (6)
Aathreya Mahesh (JMU) def. Nikhil Mukherjee (DAV), 7-6 (7), 3-6, 1-0 (5)
Charlie Ratliff (DAV) def. Edson Sanchez (JMU), 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (4)

Sunday, Sept. 17
JMU vs. Coastal Carolina
Julian Lozano (JMU) vs. Carlos Berna (CCU), 3-6, 5-5 UF
Youssef Sadek (JMU) vs. Guilherme Toresan (CCU), 3-6, 5-2 UF
Esteve Agusti (CCU) vs. Ryuya Ata (CCU), 7-5, 2-0 UF
Jesus Garcia (CCU) def. Aathreya Mahesh (JMU), 6-1, 6-4

UP NEXT
JMU is back in action next weekend, Sept. 22-24, when it travels to Norfolk, Va., to compete at the NYCC College Invitational, hosted by Old Dominion.