SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame men’s tennis team is off to their best start since 2019 as they collected two more wins on Saturday to move to 8-1 on the year. The Irish completed sweeps of both William and Mary and Northern Illinois, winning 7-0 in both and only dropping two sets all day.
The morning match welcomed back William & Mary for the first matchup between the Tribe and Irish since 2017. In doubles, the new pairing of Sebastian Dominko and Kyran Magimay were first off the court with a dominant 6-1 win at #3 doubles. After the Tribe took the top doubles position by just a single break of serve, Peter Nad and Chase Thompson would clinch the deciding #2 court with a 6-2 win.
The bottom half of the singles lineup came out hot and would all take quick straight set victories to get to four points for the home team. Nad, playing #4, was first off the court with matching 6-2 sets to win following moments later by Magimay at #5 singles 6-1, 6-4. Senior Jamie Corsillo would clinch the team match with a 6-3, 6-2 win on court 6.
The remaining matches would be played to completion and Chase Thompson, after winning the first set 6-1 would find himself down 2-4 in the second. But the sophomore from California rallied to take 4 straight games to win his match at #3. Dominko would drop the only set of the day for the Irish as he lost the first set 4-6 but responded with dominant 6-2, 6-1 second and third sets to run away with the match on the top court. Yu Zhang played the longest opening set of the morning and broke late in the first set to win 7-5. He then would play from ahead the entire second set and won 6-2 to complete the sweep of the Tribe.
In the afternoon, the Huskies of Northern Illinois were in the Eck and the Irish handled business at all spots. In doubles, Dominko and Luis Llorens took the #3 spot followed by a win at #2 by Nad and Thompson to clinch the doubles point.
Nad at #3 and Llorens, who was into the singles lineup at the #6 match, would be the first two off the court with matching 6-1, 6-2 scores. Corsillo, playing #5 singles, would also get his second clinch of the day as he for the second time today tallied the 4th point for the Irish with a 6-2, 6-2 win. Dominko, Magimay and Zhang would all finish their matches and win in straight sets to make it another sweep on the day.
Up Next:
The Irish will hit the road for their first away contest of the spring dual season as they take on Illinois. The match will take place at the Atkins Tennis Center at 7pm ET next Saturday, February 15th in the only match of the weekend for the Irish.
Match 1
Notre Dame 7 William & Mary 0
Doubles
- Hague/Trakhtenberg(WMU) def. Corsillo/Zhang(ND) 6-3
- Nad/Thompson(ND) def. Katz/Hansen(WMU) 6-2
- Dominko/Magimay(ND) def. Bortnichek/Karman(WMU) 6-1
Order of Finish (3, 1, 2)
Singles
- #33 Dominko(ND) def. Hague(WMU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Zhang(ND) def. Trakhtenberg(WMU) 7-5, 6-2
- Thompson(ND) def. Joseph(WMU) 6-1, 6-4
- Nad(ND) def. Hansen(WMU) 6-2, 6-2
- Magimay(ND) def. Bortnichek(WMU) 6-1, 6-4
- Corsillo(ND) def. Karman(WMU) 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish (4, 5, 6, 3, 1, 2)
Match 2
Notre Dame 7 Northern Illinois 0
Doubles
- Corsillo/Zhang(ND) vs. Arrastia/Scotuzzi(NIU) 4-3 DNF
- Nad/Thompson(ND) vs. Klein/Berdulas(NIU) 6-3
- Dominko/Llorens(ND) def. Dellien/Howard(NIU) 6-3
Order of Finish (3, 1)
Singles
- #33 Dominko(ND) def. Arrastia(NIU) 6-3, 6-4
- Zhang(ND) def. Berdullas(NIU) 6-3, 6-1
- Nad(ND) def. Scotuzzi(NIU) 6-1, 6-2
- Magimay(ND) def. Dellien(NIU) 6-3, 6-2
- Corsillo(ND) def. Howard(NIU) 6-2, 6-2
- Llorens(ND) def. Klein(NIU) 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish (3, 6, 5, 1, 4, 2)