Temple University Athletics
Friday, January 21
Richmond, VA
10:00 AM
Temple University
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at
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VCU
Men’s Tennis Falls in Season Opener, 5-2
1.21.22 | Men's Tennis
RICHMOND, Va. – Temple men's tennis fell to VCU, 5-2 on Friday morning in a hard-fought season opening match.
Notes
Doubles
"We really had a great effort today," head coach Steve Mauro said. "We had a very strong start in doubles play and we carried that into our singles matches. All of our guys played them very close, but we unfortunately couldn't pull off the points we needed. We're really looking forward to our next opportunity at Penn this Wednesday."
Next Up
The Owls will return home for a nearby road match at city rival, Penn on Wednesday, Jan. 26. The match will be held at the Hecht Tennis Center and is set to kick off at 6:00 p.m.
Notes
- Temple started the match off strong, securing the doubles point after victories in the first and third flight.
- In singles play, the Owls secured a win from Marin Delmas but dropped the remaining five matches
Doubles
- Delmas/Gorregues (TEM) def. Stable/Torre Martin (VCU) 7-6 (7-5)
- C. Bertimon/M. Bertimon (VCU) def. Raquin/ Frumholz (TEM) 6-2
- Grollman/Barety (TEM) def. Almeida/Bobichon (VCU) 6-4
- Delmas (TEM) def. M. Bertimon (VCU) 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5)
- C. Bertimon (VCU) def. Raquin (TEM) 6-4, 6-4
- Torre Martin (VCU) def. Grollman (TEM) 4-2
- Stable (VCU) def. Barety (TEM) 6-1, 6-1
- Almeida (VCU) def. Frumholz (TEM) 6-4, 6-3
- Bobichon (VCU) def. Gorregues (TEM) 7-5, 6-2
"We really had a great effort today," head coach Steve Mauro said. "We had a very strong start in doubles play and we carried that into our singles matches. All of our guys played them very close, but we unfortunately couldn't pull off the points we needed. We're really looking forward to our next opportunity at Penn this Wednesday."
Next Up
The Owls will return home for a nearby road match at city rival, Penn on Wednesday, Jan. 26. The match will be held at the Hecht Tennis Center and is set to kick off at 6:00 p.m.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
12
77
M. Bertimon / 0 [VCU_M]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
44
C. Bertimon / 0 [VCU_M]
66
#3 Singles Match
1
2
Torre Martin / 0 [VCU_M]
4
#4 Singles Match
12
11
Stable / 0 [VCU_M]
66
#5 Singles Match
12
43
Almeida / 0 [VCU_M]
66
#6 Singles Match
12
52
Bobichon / 0 [VCU_M]
76
Players Mentioned
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