The Tiffin University Men's Tennis team competed against the newly added men's tennis team of Hillsdale College. TU took care of business, winning the match 6-3.
Doubles
1st doubles didn't go the Dragons way with a 5-8 loss against Justin Hyman/Dugan Delp of Hillsdale. Luis Ludena/Toby Cutting started off hot this season and have slowly tapered off towards the middle half of this season and look to get back on track next week.
2nd doubles was much of the same as Hillsdale was on point and the Dragons faulted early. The captains Agustin Mangone/Victor Fernandes dropped early service games and fell 4-8.
3rd doubles was the lone win once again as Elio Lezama Perez/Justin Kopronica took care of a quick 8-2 win against Zach Rabitoy/Jerry Hewitt of Hillsdale. The Dragons were aggressive from the early going and were able to get breaks early and often to go up early on Hillsdale and take the match.
Singles
1st singles was all Dragons as Ludena showed the newly added Hillsdale tennis team what a strong player can do. A quick 6-0, 6-3 win was one of the better matches Ludena has played this year.
2nd singles was the lone singles loss for the Dragons as Lezama couldn't find his stride during the match against Dugan Delp in a 2-6, 0-6 loss.
3rd singles got the Dragons back on track as one of their captains Agustin Mangone won a big 6-4, 6-3 match. Mangone has been tasked with moving up in the lineup and has taken the task head on with great leadership ability.
4th singles was closer than the Dragons would have liked as Toby Cutting took care of business with a close 6-4, 6-3 victory. Cutting came into the match playing well at the 4th singles spot, even though he had a shaky start in both sets he closed out well and got the Dragons an insurance point.
5th singles featured the freshman Kopronica having a tough first set only to take a quick second set and finish well. Kopronica won his first set 6-4 on a lone break of serve and then exploded for a quick 6-1 victory to give the Dragons a big morale boost for their later matches.
6th singles was the captain doing what he does when Victor Fernandes defeated Jerry Hewitt 6-1, 6-2. Fernandes is having a standout year for himself with big match wins. Fernandes has been a reliable source for a singles victory throughout the season.
The Dragons are now 13-9 overall and 5-1 in the GLIAC.
