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Tennis ‘Cats fall in Atlantic Regional battle to Davis & Elkins, 4-3

Davis & Elkins edged West Virginia Wesleyan 4-3 in their first NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Atlantic Regional appearance to advance, while Fairmont State swept Shaw 4-0 to move on to the next round.

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Davis & Elkins College and Fairmont State University advanced in the NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Atlantic Regional on Friday.

The Senators, in their program’s first regional, defeated West Virginia Wesleyan, 4-3, and will face host University of Charleston on Saturday at noon. Davis & Elkins played the Bobcats at the Schoenbaum Courts in Charleston, West Virginia. Fairmont State cruised past Shaw, 4-0, in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, and will now meet host Edinboro on Saturday at noon.

FAIRMONT STATE 4, SHAW 0
SINGLES RESULTS
No. 1: Kan Watanabe (Fairmont State) vs. E. Brustia, 7-6 (7-2) Unfinished
No. 2: Kusunoki Haruto (Fairmont State) def. E. Valenca, 6-3/6-2
No. 3: Gabriel Masu (Fairmont State) vs. C. Alcala, 6-4 Unfinished
No. 4: Mohamed El Helaly (Fairmont State) def. F. Vedda , 7-5/6-1
No. 5: Hugo Massoni (Fairmont State) def. A. Ayala, 7-5/6-1
No. 6: Keagan Karungagaran (Fairmont State) vs. S. Ndengoue Unfinished

DOUBLES RESULTS
No. 1: Gabriel Masu/Kusunoki Haruto (Fairmont State) vs. A. Ayala/E. Brustia (Shaw), 4-5 Unfinished
No. 2: Kan Watanabe/Keagan Karungagaran (Fairmont State) def. S. Ndengoue/F. Vedda (Shaw), 6-0
No. 3: Alex Stacy/Jasper de Bruijn (Fairmont State) def. E. Valenca/C. Alcala (Shaw), 6-2 Unfinished

DAVIS & ELKINS 4, WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN 3
SINGLES RESULTS
No. 1: Viktor Yanev (D&E) def. Takua Kobayashi, 6-1, 6-0
No. 2: Mike Kreisel (WVWC) def. Phillipp Fedorczuk, 6-4, 6-2
No. 3: Ricardo Starosta (WVWC) def. Duarto Correia, 6-1, 6-4
No. 4: Nicola Bottelberghs (WVWC) def. Christopher Wirahadipoernomo, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5: Justus Petersilie (D&E) def. Mathis Blary, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 6: Filippo Buffo (D&E) def. Pedro Roschel Do Nascimento, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

DOUBLES RESULTS
No. 1: Justus Petersilie/Phillipp Fedorczuk (D&E) def. Nicola Bottelberghs/Jed Platts, 6-4
No. 2: Sean Maphosa/Duarte Correia (D&E) vs. Ricardo Starosta/Giovani/Pinhati, 6-6 (4-1) Unfinished
No. 3: Christopher Wirahadipoernomo/Viktor Yanev (D&E) def. Yumu Seto/Mika Kreisel, 6-2

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