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Tadeo Gaggiofatto celebrating a winner
Dylan Euler

Men's Tennis Mac Wissel, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Men's Tennis Falls Short Against #17 Wayne State

Box Score INDIANAPOLIS - The University of Indianapolis men's tennis team fell to seventeenth-ranked Wayne State 3-4 this Saturday, Feb 8.  The Greyhounds move to 3-1 on the season. 

INS AND OUTS
UIndy took home the doubles point after three hard-fought matches. In #1 doubles, George Day and Cedric Drenth edged out David Simeonov and Matthieu Derache 7-6 in a contested tiebreak. The team of Tadeo Gaggiofatto and Asier Ayllon Prado responded with a 7-5 win over Sam Knowles and Tom Wasner to level the score.

It all came down Lorenzo Di Cursi and Manu Lanteri in #3 doubles, where they gutted out a 7-6 win over Luis Klaus and Ben Hill in a tiebreak. 

In singles, the Warriors got a 2-1 jump on the Hounds after Drenth took down Simeonov 6-2 6-4, and Day topped Lanteri 7-6 6-2. Derache evened the score at two a piece with a 7-6 6-4 win over Klaus.

Both side exchanged wins with Gaggiofatto besting Hill 6-2 7-6, and Knowles taking down Di Cursi 6-4 6-1 to get to a 3-3 stalemate. The Warriors clinched the match after Wasner overpowered Ayllon Prado with a 2-6 7-6 6-3 win. 

UP NEXT
The Greyhounds will close out the weekend with a match against in-region opponent Purdue Northwest this Sunday, Feb 9. 

 
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Players Mentioned

Mathieu Derache

Mathieu Derache

Sophomore
David Simeonov

David Simeonov

Freshman
Manu Lanteri

Manu Lanteri

5' 9"
Freshman
Lorenzo Di Cursi

Lorenzo Di Cursi

5' 9"
Freshman
Asier Ayllon Prado

Asier Ayllon Prado

6' 2"
Freshman
Tadeo Gaggiofatto

Tadeo Gaggiofatto

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Mathieu Derache

Mathieu Derache

Sophomore
David Simeonov

David Simeonov

Freshman
Manu Lanteri

Manu Lanteri

5' 9"
Freshman
Lorenzo Di Cursi

Lorenzo Di Cursi

5' 9"
Freshman
Asier Ayllon Prado

Asier Ayllon Prado

6' 2"
Freshman
Tadeo Gaggiofatto

Tadeo Gaggiofatto

Sophomore
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