KUTZTOWN, Pa. -- The Kutztown University men's tennis team took care of Moravian, 7-0, Saturday afternoon for its first win of the 2023-24 season.
KU was in control from start to finish, claiming all three doubles matches before taking all six singles flights in straight sets.
Freshmen
Dang Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) and
Henrique Rocha (Jaticua, Brazil/Escola SEB Maceio) got it started for the Maroon and Gold with a 6-2 win over Zachary Lebby and Matt Labosky at third doubles.
Gonzalo Barcelo (San Pedro, Argentina/Nuestra Senora del Socorro) and
Joaquin Perez (Pachuca, Mexico/Escuela Americana) secured the doubles point for the hosts with a 6-3 win over Shayaan Farhad and Anthony Ronca at No. 1, with
Sebastian Arizpe (Puebla, Mexico/Colegio Humboldt de Puebla) and
Justin Gincauskas (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park Secondary) finishing off the doubles sweep by a 6-3 count over the Greyhounds' (1-2) Wyatt Marshall and Ronny Pimentel Ferrer at No. 2.
Kutztown (1-2) kept its good play rolling in singles, where Nguyen defeated Marshall 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3 to put the Bears ahead 2-0. Barcelo followed with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Farhad at No. 1 and Perez downed Ronca 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 to put the match out of reach.
The Bears finished off their counterparts by getting a 6-1, 6-3 win from Rocha at No. 5, a 6-2, 6-2 triumph from
Neal Devkaran (Fairfax, Va./Paul VI Catholic) at No. 6 and a 6-2, 6-3 victory from
Emmitt Robinson (Ingersoll, Ontario/Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute) at No. 4.
Kutztown and Moravian have played in each of the last three season with the Golden Bears coming out on top in all three meetings. This was the first matchup between the two on KU's home courts.
Wyatt Pauley's team is slated to make up its match at Scranton, which has already been rescheduled twice, this coming Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m., before taking part in the PSAC Individual Championships at Bloomsburg next weekend to wrap up the fall season.
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