Back-To-Back Matches for Men’s Tennis to Close Out the Week

Philadelphia – The Temple men's tennis team (8-2) will play two matches in as many days this week to continue their spring season success. They will host the FDU Knights (4-5) on Thursday, March 9 at Penn beginning at 1:00 p.m. before having the Marist Red Foxes (0-6) visit the Cherry Hill Racquet Club on Friday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m.

The OWLS:

Temple is coming off a tight win over Navy on Sunday, March 5 in which Gregoire Barety won the match point from the third position of singles play while both teams were tied 3-3. The point gave the Owls their eighth-straight win after dropping the first two matches of the season.
After missing the last match, Barety returned to the lineup and now has a 4-2 singles record this spring. With doubles partner Marin Delmas, they are 6-3 - all from the first position.
Hussein El Tawil and Louis Gorregues have been dominate for the Owls in doubles this spring going 3-1 out of the second position and 5-0 from the third. Including the fall season, they are 9-1 overall.
At the completion of these matches, Temple then has the rest of the weekend off and will prepare for the Delaware Blue Hens who visit the Cherry Hill Racquet Club on Wednesday, March 15 for a match scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m.

SCOUTING FDU:

The Knights will visit Temple as the defending NEC Champions after beating Bryant last April in the championship round and finishing with a 10-12 record during the regular season. Their run came to an end after facing Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Championship losing the match 4-0.
FDU is 2-0 over their latest stretch collecting wins over Villanova on Saturday, Feb. 25 and most recently over SFU on Sunday, March 5.
Sophomore Justas Trainauskas leads the Knights with a 7-1 record in singles play and a 4-4 record in doubles with partner Thomas Linley throughout the spring so far. The Lithuanian native went 9-1 in the fall and was named the NEC Player of the Month for September.
The Knights visited and lost to Navy beat back on Friday, Feb. 24 by a final score of 6-1. Temple visited and beat Navy in a close match on March 5, 4-3.

SCOUTING MARIST:

Marist is 0-6 this season after finishing the 2022 campaign with a 3-11 record. Their first two matches of the season against Hofstra and Lehigh were both separated by a point.
Most recently, they faced the Bucknell Bison on Sunday, March 5, losing by a final score of 6-1. The lone Marist point came from the sixth position of singles play as sophomore Paolo Flores defeated Bucknell's Brendan McDonald in three sets.
After the match on Friday, Marist will stay in Philadelphia to play St. Joseph's on Saturday, March 11 before heading up to Boston next weekend.

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Back-To-Back Matches for Men’s Tennis to Close Out the Week

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Players Mentioned

Gregoire Barety

Marin Delmas

Hussein El Tawil

Louis Gorregues

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Back-To-Back Matches for Men’s Tennis to Close Out the Week

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Players Mentioned

Gregoire Barety

Marin Delmas

Hussein El Tawil

Louis Gorregues

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