March 27, 2011
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The 25th-ranked University of Notre Dame men’s tennis team picked up two victories on Saturday at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. The Irish defeated 50th-ranked USF 6-1, followed by a 7-0 win over Dayton.
USF
The second doubles tandem of Casey Watt (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) and Stephen Havens (Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy) picked up the first win for the Irish on the day as the duo downed Romain Deridder and Yannick Yoshizawa, 8-3.
At the top of the doubles lineup, Niall Fitzgerald (Wicklow, Ireland/Blackrock College) and Spencer Talmadge (Hillsborough, Calif./Junipero Serra) clinched the doubles point over Jamal Adderley and Lucas Jovita in an 8-3 decision.
The third doubles pair of Tyler Davis (Nashville, Tenn./Father Ryan) and Greg Andrews (Richland, Mich./Gull Lake) made for a perfect doubles record in the match as the duo handled Wael Kilani and Federico Sabogal, 8-4.
With the doubles point in hand, the Irish entered the singles portion of the match with confidence as sophomore Blas Moros (Boca Raton, Fla./Pine-Crest) downed Sebastian Hagn in consecutive 6-0 sets at No. 6 singles. Andrews defeated Federico Sabogal in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1 to improve Notre Dame’s score to 3-0. The 73rd-ranked Lucas Jovita handed the Irish their only loss of the match as No.58 Watt fell 6-2, 7-6 (8-6).
Daniel Stahl (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) clinched the match for the Irish as the senior defeated Yannick Yoshizawa in a two-set match, 7-5, 6-3. Stahl improved his winning streak to five consecutive matches to make his overall record this dual season 12-6.
With the match in hand, Havens defeated Wael Kilani, 6-4, 7-5 to move his dual season record to 5-10.
Fitzgerald closed out the match and downed Juan Carlos Acuna Gerard in a three-set match, 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-1) to conclude the match with a 6-1 score.
DAYTON
Matt Johnson (Portage, Mich./Portage Central) and Ryan Bandy (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) teamed up at No. 2 doubles and downed Alex Crum and Robert Salcedo in an 8-1 decision, while Stahl and David Anderson (Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich) defeated Benton Benalcazar and Andrew Hanley 8-0 to clinch the match.
Seniors Sean Tan (Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood) and Bryan Kelly (North Oaks, Minn./Mounds Parks Academy) handled Sean Bandy and Sam Pecyna 8-1 to conclude the doubles portion of the match.
Moving into singles play Davis defeated Crum in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1 at fourth singles and was followed closely by Moros who posted a 6-1, 6-0 score versus Benalcazar at the No. 2 position.
Michael Moore (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) clinched the match for the Irish at the No. 5 position as the senior downed Dayton’s Bandy in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0.
Andrews started at the top of the line up and defeated Hanley with ease as the freshman won in consecutive 6-0 sets, while Talmadge defeated Phillip Dresden 6-2, 6-0. Anderson concluded the match with a win over Pecyna in a two-set match, 6-1, 6-2.
The Irish return to action Saturday as they take on Ball State in Muncie, Ind. before returning to the Eck to play host to Southern Methodist University on Sunday.
No. 25 Notre Dame, 6 No. 50 USF, 1
Singles
No. 1 No. 73 Lucas Jovita (USF) def. No. 58 Casey Watt (ND), 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
No. 2 Stephen Havens (ND) def. Wael Kilani (USF), 6-4, 7-5
No. 3 Daniel Stahl (ND) def. Yannick Yoshizawa (USF), 7-5, 6-3
No. 4 Greg Andrews (ND) def. Federico Sabogal (USF), 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 Niall Fitzgerald (ND) def. Juan Carlos Acuna Gerard (USF), 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-1)
No. 6 Blas Moros (ND) def. Sebastian Hagn (USF), 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 1, 3, 2, 5
Doubles
No. 1 Niall Fitzgerald/Spencer Talmadge (ND) def. Jamal Adderley/Lucas Jovita (USF), 8-3
No. 2 Casey Watt/Stephen Havens (ND) def. Romain Deridder/Yannick Yoshizawa (USF), 8-3
No. 3 Tyler Davis/Greg Andrews (ND) def. Wael Kilani/Federico Sabogal (USF), 8-4
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
No. 25 Notre Dame, 7 Dayton, 0
Singles
No. 1 Greg Andrews (ND) def. Andrew Hanley (DAY), 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 Blas Moros (ND) def. Benton Benalcazar (DAY), 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 David Anderson (ND) def. Sam Pecyna (DAY), 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Tyler Davis (ND) def. Alex Crum (DAY), 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Michael Moore (ND) def. Sean Bandy (DAY), 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Spencer Talmadge (ND) def. Phillip Dresden (DAY), 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 5, 1, 6, 3
Doubles
No. 1 David Anderson/Daniel Stahl (ND) def. Benton Benalcazar/Andrew Hanley (DAY), 8-0
No. 2 Matt Johnson/Ryan Bandy (ND) def. Alex Crum/Robert Salcedo (DAY), 8-1
No. 3 Sean Tan/Bryan Kelly (ND) def. Sean Bandy/Sam Pecyna (DAY), 8-1
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
–ND–