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Men drop final home match

Men drop final home match

The men’s tennis team competed in their final home match of the regular season on April 13 at Forest Park against William Woods University. They engaged in a close competition but were beaten out, 4-3. Te squad also honored their lone senior, Paarth Dodhiawala, before the matches began. SLU dropped to 7-9 on the season.

SLU started off on the back foot after dropping the doubles point. Junior John Nogalski and sophomore Oscar Pachon lost to David Barbieri and Stefan Simic, 6-4, and junior David Ferragut and junior Charlie Parry lost to Oscar Barreiro and Johnnie Carmichael, 6-4.

In singles competition, the Bills still had the chance to make a comeback, and they were almost successful. Ferragut won at the first spot in a tight match against Christian Barbieri, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5. Justin Nogalski was successful at the number five spot, defeating Oscar Donker, 6-4, 6-2. Charlie Parry brought in another win for SLU at the sixth spot against David Barbieri, 7-5, 6-3.

After losing the first set, 6-2, Dodhiawala appeared to be making a comeback in the second set at the number three spot, but ultimately lost the second set in a tiebreaker, 7-6, against Christopher Vleeming. Pachon suffered the same fate at the fourth spot, losing to Johnnie Carmichael, 6-4, 7-6.

John Nogalski had the opportunity to give SLU the victory at the number two singles spot. After winning the first set, 6-2, he put himself in a good position to do just that. However, his opponent, Oscar Barreiro, gained the momentum and finished the final sets, 6-3, 6-3. William Woods took the victory, 4-3, to improve to 9-5 on the year.

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SLU will wrap up their regular season competition on the road against UMKC on April 20 in Kansas City, Mo. with a 1:30 p.m. start time. The Bills will enter post-season play on April 27 as the travel to Orlando, Fla.

 

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