WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – James Madison junior
Harrison Lee won his second career flight title this weekend at the Wake Forest Invite (Oct. 31 – Nov. 2), as he went 4-0 in Flight D to highlight the Dukes' 26 total victories at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
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This is the second straight year that Lee went unbeaten in singles play at Wake Forest, as he also won the D4 singles flight title with a 3-0 mark in the fall of 2024. Lee claimed the flight by virtue of three straight set wins, as well as one comeback win in the semifinals.
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Lee opened with a 6-2, 6-0 win over UNCG's Hector Hertz Nissen before downing Cleveland State's Tristan Stine, 6-1, 6-3, in the quarterfinals. The semifinals on Saturday saw Lee rally from a set deficit, as he rallied for a 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1 victory over North Carolina A&Ts Kaua Santos. In the title bout, Lee upended Charlotte's Jack DiMenna, 6-2, 6-0, to win the flight.
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He also teamed with
Ty Wunderlich for a doubles win in a consolation match to lead JMU with five total wins.
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Claiming four total wins on the weekend were
Zach Fleishman,
Damian Sancilio and
Francisco Sinopoli. Fleishman and Sancilio each won three singles matches with a doubles triumph, while Sinopoli reached the Flight C singles semifinals, going 2-2 in singles, while adding a pair of doubles wins.
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One of the doubles wins, teaming with
Esteve Agusti, was a solid one in an extra matchup, as the duo defeated South Carolina's Gabe Avram and Charlie Swaine, 6-2. The Gamecock tandem would later advance to the top doubles flight final.
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JMU closes the fall tournament season next weekend when it heads to Annapolis, Md., for the Navy Fall Invitational (Nov. 7-9).
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Wake Forest Invite (Oct. 31 – Nov. 2)
Flight A1 Singles
1st Round – Douglas Yaffa (UVA) def.
Esteve Agusti (JMU), 6-4, 7-5
Consolation – Saahith Jayaraman (Duke) def.
Esteve Agusti (JMU), 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1
Consolation –
Esteve Agusti (JMU) def. Alfred Almasi (VCU), 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Consolation – Gabe Avram (SC) def.
Esteve Agusti (JMU), 6-3, 7-6 (4)
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Flight A2 Singles
1st Round – Paul Barbier Gazeu (SC) def.
Ryan Morgan (JMU), 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3
Consolation – Emilio Sanchez (CHAR) def.
Ryan Morgan (JMU), 6-0, 6-3
Consolation – Leon Zaorski (VCU) def.
Ryan Morgan (JMU), 6-4, 6-4
Consolation – Nicolo Consonni (VCU) def.
Ryan Morgan (JMU), 6-1, 6-3
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Flight B Singles
1st Round –
Aurelien Schmitt (JMU) def. Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Quarterfinals – Edoardo Santoni (GS) def.
Aurelien Schmitt (JMU), 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3
Consolation –
Aurelien Schmitt (JMU) def. Arenui Luethi (ETSU), win by default
Consolation – Nikola Parichkov (Elon) def.
Aurelien Schmitt (JMU), 3-6, 6-0, 1-0 (7)
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Flight C Singles
1st Round –
Francisco Sinopoli (JMU) def. Andrew Black (UNCG), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1st Round –
Zach Fleishman (JMU) def. Ian Pedersen (NCAT), 6-3, 6-1
1st Round –
Ty Wunderlich (JMU) def. Danny Yassine (CHAR), by WO
1st Round –
Gur Libal (JMU) def. James Sim (ETSU), 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
Quarterfinals –
Francisco Sinopoli (JMU) def. Evan Rigsby (GS), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Quarterfinals – Maxime Aremon (CSU) def.
Zach Fleishman (JMU), 6-0, 4-6, 7-5
Quarterfinals – Cole Chappell (CSU) def.
Ty Wunderlich (JMU), 6-4, 6-1
Quarterfinals – Carl Gedlitschka (CSU) def.
Gur Libal (JMU), 6-1, 6-4
Semifinals – Maxime Aremon (CSU) def.
Francisco Sinopoli (JMU), 6-4, 6-4
Consolation –
Gur Libal (JMU) def.
Ty Wunderlich (JMU), 6-4, 6-3
Consolation –
Zach Fleishman (JMU) def. Evan Rigsby (GS), 6-4, 6-3
Third-Place – Cole Chappell (CSU) def.
Francisco Sinopoli (JMU), 6-2, 6-2
Consolation –
Ty Wunderlich def. Evan Rigsby (GS), 7-5, 6-3
Consolation –
Zach Fleishman (JMU) def. John Gabelic (UNCG) 7-6 (4), 6-3
Consolation – Emilio Sanchez (CHAR) def.
Gur Libal (JMU), 6-3, 6-0
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Flight D Singles
1st Round – William Elmers (UNCG) def.
Grant Kroodsma (JMU), 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
1st Round –
Harrison Lee (JMU) def. Hector Hertz Nissen (UNCG), 6-2, 6-0
1st Round – Kaua Santos (NCAT) def.
Damian Sancilio (JMU), 6-1, 6-3
Quarterfinals –
Harrison Lee (JMU) def. Tristan Stine (CSU), 6-2, 6-4
Consolation – Mathieu Dussaubat (NCAT) def.
Grant Kroodsma (JMU), 6-2, 6-1
Consolation –
Damian Sancilio (JMU) def. Andrew Zimcosky (CSU), 6-1, 6-3
Semifinals –
Harrison Lee (JMU) def. Kaua Santos (NCAT), 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1
Consolation –
Damian Sancilio (JMU) def. Hector Hertz Nissen (UNCG), 7-6 (4), 6-4
Consolation –
Grant Kroodsma (JMU) def. Alan Trbonja (UNCG), 6-0 retired
Championship Match –
Harrison Lee (JMU) def. Jack DiMenna (CHAR), 6-2, 6-0
Consolation –
Damian Sancilio (JMU) def. Mathieu Dussaubat (NCAT), 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 1-0 (11)
Consolation –
Grant Kroodsma (JMU) def. Sammy Presser (UNCG), 6-2, 6-2
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Flight A2 Doubles
Quarterfinals –
Zach Fleishman/
Aurelien Schmitt (JMU) def. Jack Curtis/Rafael Ymer (Elon), 6-4
Semifinals – Sean Daryabeigi/Paul Barbier Gazeu (SC) def.
Zach Fleishman/
Aurelien Schmitt (JMU), 6-3
Third Place – Cody Benton/Charlie Camus (NCST) def.
Zach Fleishman/
Aurelien Schmitt (JMU), 7-5
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Flight B1 Doubles
Quarterfinals – Kai Cowcher/Carlos Victor Ferreira (ETSU) def.
Harrison Lee/
Ty Wunderlich (JMU), 6-4
Semifinals – Jack DiMenna/Brett Gloria (CHAR) def.
Esteve Agusti/
Francisco Sinopoli (JMU), 6-4
Consolation – Maxime Aremon/Devin Boyer (CSU) def.
Harrison Lee/
Ty Wunderlich (JMU), 6-4
Third Place –
Esteve Agusti/
Francisco Sinopoli (JMU) def. Hector Hertz Nissen/Tymofy Khrystyuk (UNCG), 6-3
Extra Match – Esteve Agusti/
Francisco Sinopoli (JMU) def. Gabe Avram/Charlie Swaine (SC), 6-2
Extra Match – Harrison Lee/Ty Wunderlich (JMU) def. Edoardo Santoni/Gregoire Delattre (GS), 6-2
Flight B2 Doubles
Quarterfinal – Nikola Parichkov/Charles Pilet (Elon) def.
Gur Libal/
Ryan Morgan (JMU), 6-3
Consolation – Andres Medus/Danny Yassine (CHAR) def.
Gur Libal/
Ryan Morgan (JMU), 6-4
Consolation –
Gur Libal/
Ryan Morgan (JMU) def. William Elmers/Sammy Presser (UNCG), 7-5
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Flight C Doubles (round-robin flight)
Round 1 –
Grant Kroodsma/
Damian Sancilio (JMU) def. Andrew Black/Eric Lindemann (UNCG), 6-3
Round 2 – Jindrinch Brill/Ian Pedersen (NCAT) def.
Grant Kroodsma/
Damian Sancilio (JMU), 6-4
Extra Match – Andrew Zimcosky/Cole Chappell def.
Grant Kroodsma/
Damian Sancilio (JMU), 6-3
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