Temple University Athletics
Friday, January 20
Richmond, VA
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Men’s Tennis Drops First Match of the Season to VCU, 5-2
1.20.23 | Men's Tennis
RICHMOND, Va. – Temple men's tennis (0-1) came up short in their opening match of the 2023 season on Friday morning, falling to reigning A10 Champions, VCU (1-0), 5-2.
NOTES:
RESULTS:
Doubles:
Singles:
ORDER OF FINISH:
Doubles: 1,3,2
Singles: 1,2,4,3,5,6
Quote from Coach:
"Today was a disappointing loss, but VCU is a very strong team. For it being the first match of the year, there were a lot of positives," Coach Steve Mauro said. "Both singles and doubles were very close. Even though it was a tough loss against a good team, we are very optimistic. We have a great group of players that I know will earn a lot of wins this year. "
Next Up:
The Owls remain on the road to begin the season as they head New Haven, Ct., to play Yale on Sunday, Jan. 29 at noon.
NOTES:
- After dropping from the No. 1 position in doubles play, the Owl duo of Hussein El Tawil and Louis Gorregues earned the win from the No. 3 position to keep the Owls chance of a doubles point on the horizon, but the Rams ultimately prevailed after securing the 6-2 win from the No. 2 position.
- No. 40 Matisse Bobichon headlined the efforts of the Rams, winning both his doubles match with partner Charles Bertimon, followed by a singles win from the first position over Temple's Marin Delmas
- Louis Gorregues and Thibault Frumholz were the sole Owls to win points in their singles matches today, with Gorregues winning from the fourth position and Frumholz from the sixth.
RESULTS:
Doubles:
- Bobichon/Bertimon (VCU) def. Delmas/Barety (TEM) 6-1
- El Tawil/Gorregues (TEM) def. Stable/Voelzke (VCU) 6-2
- Almeida/Gales (VCU) def. Raquin/Frumholz (TEM) 6-4
Singles:
- Bobichon (VCU) def. Delmas (TEM) 6-4, 6-1
- C. Bertimon (VCU) def. Barety (TEM) 6-3, 6-1
- Stable(VCU) def. Raquin (TEM) 6-2, 6-4
- Gorregues (TEM) def. Almeida (VCU) 6-2, 6-4
- Gales (VCU) def. El Tawil (TEM) 7-5, 7-5
- Frumholz (TEM) def. Marty (VCU) 6-4, 10-3
ORDER OF FINISH:
Doubles: 1,3,2
Singles: 1,2,4,3,5,6
Quote from Coach:
"Today was a disappointing loss, but VCU is a very strong team. For it being the first match of the year, there were a lot of positives," Coach Steve Mauro said. "Both singles and doubles were very close. Even though it was a tough loss against a good team, we are very optimistic. We have a great group of players that I know will earn a lot of wins this year. "
Next Up:
The Owls remain on the road to begin the season as they head New Haven, Ct., to play Yale on Sunday, Jan. 29 at noon.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
41
Bobichon / 0 [VCU_M]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
31
Bertimon / 0 [VCU_M]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
24
Stable / 0 [VCU_M]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Almeida / 0 [VCU_M]
26
#5 Singles Match
12
55
Gales / 0 [VCU_M]
77
#6 Singles Match
12
610
Marty / 0 [VCU_M]
43
Order of Finish:
1,2,4,3,5,6
Players Mentioned
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