KUTZTOWN, Pa. -- Nolan Perugini (Reading, Pa./Exeter Township) and Josh Carl (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) were winners at first doubles, but the Kutztown University men's tennis team couldn't overcome regionally-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas in a 7-0 loss at the Keystone Courts on Thursday afternoon.

The Perugini-Carl tandem improved to 4-4 on the season by outlasting Tim Fleerkamp and Luke Taplin in a tiebreaker 7-6 (5), but it would be the Golden Bears' (1-13) only match victory of the day.

STAC (12-5), ranked ninth in the East Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), blanked KU 6-0 at second and third doubles, before capturing all six singles matches.

Perugini pushed Marcel Volz to a tiebreaker in both sets at first singles, before coming up just short 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4). Carl, meanwhile, earned a 6-3 second-set victory to force a deciding super tiebreaker set against Gijs Anton Offringa at third singles before falling 6-3, 3-6, 10-3.

Kutztown hosts Bloomsburg on Senior Day this coming Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The match was originally scheduled for 11 a.m., but has been moved back due to expected overnight rain Friday into Saturday.
 

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St. Thomas Aquinas 7, Kutztown 0
April 18, 2019 at Kutztown, Pa. (Keystone Courts)
 

Singles

1. Marcel Volz (STAC) def. Nolan Perugini (KUTZ) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4)

2. Tim Fleerkamp (STAC) def. Renato Santos (KUTZ) 6-3, 6-3

3. Gijs Anton Offringa (STAC) def. Josh Carl (KUTZ) 6-3, 3-6, 10-3

4. Paul Voigt (STAC) def. Benjamin Kelly (KUTZ) 6-0, retired

5. Enej Hasicevic (STAC) def. Bobby Frankenfield (KUTZ) 6-0, 6-0

6. Mitchell Harrison (STAC) def. Eric Gibson (KUTZ) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1. Nolan Perugini/Josh Carl (KUTZ) def. Tim Fleerkamp/Luke Taplin (STAC), 7-6 (7-5)

2. Paul Voigt/Enej Hasicevic (STAC) def. Benjamin Kelly/Logan Kemp (KUTZ) 6-0

3. Marcel Volz/Mitchell Harrison (STAC) def. Bobby Frankenfield/Eric Gibson (KUTZ) 6-0

Match Notes

St. Thomas Aquinas, 12-5; Regional ranking #9

Kutztown 1-13

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (4,5,6,3,2,1)

St. Thomas Aquinas No. 9 in ITA East Region rankings

Official: None T-3:00 A-50