Men’s Tennis Falls to ODU in Season Opener, 5-2

Friday, January 18

Norfolk, Va.

1:00 P.M.

Temple University

Old Dominion

Men’s Tennis Falls to ODU in Season Opener, 5-2

1.18.19 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

NORFOLK, Va.— Temple men's tennis (0-1) opened up their 2019 season against a strong ODU team (1-0), falling 5-2 to the Monarchs at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.

Notes
> The Owls had a great showing in doubles, earning the point with victories from the pairs of Alberto Caceres Casas/Mark Wallner (6-3) and Paolo Cucalon/Uladzimir Dorash (6-1). Temple came close to sweeping doubles, with Juan Araoz/Francisco Bohorquez battling tough against their ODU opponents. The pair ultimately fell 7-6.
> The squad's momentum from doubles fell short in singles play. ODU won five of the six matches to emerge victorious. Wallner notched a victory for the Owls, defeating his opponent 7-5, 6-3.

Results
Doubles
1. Alberto Caceres Casas/Mark Wallner (Temple) def. Nicola Vidal/Federico Rebecchini (ODU) 6-3
2. Paolo Cucalon/Uladzimir Dorash (Temple) def. Jannik Giesse/Luca Maldoner (ODU) 6-1
3. Aziz Kijametovic/Oliver Tobisch (ODU) def. Juan Araoz/Francisco Bohorquez (Temple) 7-6

Singles
1. Aziz Kijametovic (ODU) def. Uladzimir Dorash (Temple) 7-5, 6-3
2. Francois Musitelli (ODU) def. Juan Araoz (Temple) 6-1, 7-6
3. Jannik Giesse (ODU) def. Alberto Caceres Casas (Temple) 6-2, 6-4
4. Nicola Vidal (ODU) def. Paolo Cucalon (Temple) 6-2, 6-4
5. Mark Wallner (Temple) def. Federico Rebecchini (ODU) 7-5, 6-3
6. Oliver Tobisch (ODU) def. Francisco Bohorquez (Temple) 6-2, 6-2

Order of Finish:
Doubles: 2,1,3
Singles: 6,4,3,2,1,5

Next Up
> Temple continues it road trip to Norfolk as they take on South Carolina State on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 10 a.m.