Men's Tennis splits doubleheader with Lourdes, Capital
February 25, 2024
Team Stats
Team Stats
| Game Statistics | Lourdes | Wittenberg | Score | 9 | 0 |
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Doubles
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Victor Dieltiens / Joshua Parish def. Ethan Libby / Kyle Fout 8-6
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Theo Casadei / Alvaro Trilllo def. Mark Trinka / Henry Smith-Heston 8-5
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Luis Guzman / Jaden Coley def. Jacob Bennett / Sven Eerenbeemt 8-1
Singles
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Victor Dieltiens def. Ethan Libby 6-4 , 6-2
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Joshua Parish def. Mark Trinka 6-1 , 3-6 , 10-5
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Theo Casadei def. Kyle Fout 6-1 , 7-6
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Alvaro Trilllo def. Jacob Bennett 6-1 , 6-1
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Aryan Mittal def. Andrew Garofoli 6-0 , 6-1
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Jaden Coley def. Derek Stinefield 6-2 , 6-3
Team Stats
| Game Statistics | Capital | Wittenberg | Score | 0 | 9 |
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Doubles
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Ethan Libby / Kyle Fout def. Spencer Surles / Jesse Stevens 8-6
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Mark Trinka / Henry Smith-Heston def. Sam Williams / Jackson Havel 8-2
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Jacob Bennett / Sven Eerenbeemt def. Alex Rowley / Nicholas Wines 8-2
Singles
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Ethan Libby def. Spencer Surles 6-2 , 6-2
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Mark Trinka def. Jackson Havel 6-0 , 6-0
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Kyle Fout def. Jesse Stevens 6-1 , 6-1
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Jacob Bennett def. Alex Rowley 6-0 , 6-0
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Andrew Garofoli def. Nicholas Wines 6-3 , 6-0
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Sven Eerenbeemt def. Sam Williams 6-1 , 6-1
DAYTON — The Wittenberg men's tennis team split a doubleheader with Lourdes and Capital on Sunday. The Tigers opened the day with a 9-0 defeat to Lourdes but rebounded for a 9-0 win over Capital.
The Basics
- Records: Wittenberg (1-5 overall), Lourdes (2-4 overall), Capital (0-8 overall)
- Venue: Five Seasons Sports Club - Dayton, Ohio
- Wittenberg is now 31-3 all-time against Capital. This marked the first all-time meeting between Wittenberg and Lourdes.
Match 1 - Lourdes 9, Wittenberg 0
- The Tigers opened the match by dropping all three doubles courts.
- Junior Ethan Libby (Loveland, Ohio/Loveland) and senior Kyle Fout (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) fell 6-8 at No. 1 doubles.
- Junior Mark Trinka (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and Forest Hills) and freshman Henry Smith-Heston (Yellow Springs, Ohio/Yellow Springs) fell 5-8 at No. 2 doubles.
- Freshmen Jacob Bennett (Pickerington, Ohio/Central) and Sven Van den Eerenbeemt (S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands/Gymnasium Beekvliet) fell 1-8 at No. 3 doubles.
- Lourdes then won all six singles courts.
- Libby fell 4-6, 2-6 at No. 1 singles.
- Trinka fell 1-6, 6-3, 5-10 at No. 2 singles.
- Fout fell 1-6, 6-7(6) at No. 3 singles.
- Bennett fell 1-6, 1-6 at No. 4 singles.
- Freshman Andrew Garofoli (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) fell 0-6, 1-6 at No. 5 singles.
- Junior Derek Stinefield (Alexandria, Ind./Alexandria-Monroe) fell 2-6, 3-6 at No. 6 singles.
Match 2 - Wittenberg 9, Capital 0
- The Tigers opened the match by winning all three doubles courts.
- Libby and senior Fout won 8-6 at No. 1 doubles.
- Trinka and Smith-Heston won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles.
- Bennett and Van den Eerenbeemt won 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
- Wittenberg proceeded to sweep all six singles courts.
- Libby won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.
- Trinka won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles.
- Fout won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.
- Bennett won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.
- Garofoli won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.
- Van den Eerenbeemt won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.
Quotes - Head coach Jacob Rankin
- On match against Lourdes: "This was a tough one against a really strong NAIA team. We improved on some things from yesterday and have another shot to improve against Capital today."
- On match against Capital: "I'm super happy with the boys and the way they got after it in this one! I'm hoping to build on this win as we head towards spring break."
Up Next
- The Tigers return to action on Friday hosting Hanover.