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Fourth-year student-athlete Simon Andersson (at right) was honored before the match for Senior Day.
Fourth-year student-athlete Simon Andersson (at right) was honored before the match for Senior Day.
Posted: Apr 04, 2015

Firebirds Men’s Tennis Succumbs to No. 13 NYIT, 8-1

Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
Pulido, Julio / Lieb, Tomas (NYIT)
def. Andersson, Simon / Baguelin, Alexis (UDC)
8-1
Jiang, David / Junera, Nicolas (NYIT)
def. Bozic, Rok / Feligioni, Marco (UDC)
9-8
Selecky, Matej / Charkiewicz, Rafal (NYIT)
def. Murillo, Ander / Pinto, Diego (UDC)
8-1
Singles
Pulido, Julio (NYIT)
def. Andersson, Simon (UDC)
6-1, 6-3
Selecky, Matej (NYIT)
def. Bozic, Rok (UDC)
6-2, 6-1
Lieb, Tomas (NYIT)
def. Baguelin, Alexis (UDC)
6-2, 6-2
Pinto, Diego (UDC)
def. Jiang, David (NYIT)
7-6, 6-0
Charkiewicz, Rafal (NYIT)
def. Murillo, Ander (UDC)
6-2, 6-1
Junera, Nicolas (NYIT)
def. Feligioni, Marco (UDC)
6-4, 6-2

WASHINGTON, DC – The University of the District of Columbia men's tennis team was defeated by No. 13 nationally-ranked New York Institute of Technology, 8-1 in East Coast Conference play on a windy Saturday afternoon at UDC Tennis Courts.

Freshman Diego Pinto (Electrical Engineering – Santa Cruz, Bolivia/Franco Bolivia) earned the lone Firebird win of the day at No. 4 singles with an impressive, 7-6(2), 6-0 victory over the No. 13 ranked individual player in the East Region, David Jiang.

The Bears, ranked No. 13 in Division II and No. 2 in the East Region, swept doubles play and won five of the six singles matches to secure the 8-1 victory.

NYIT improved to 8-6 (3-0 ECC) with today's win while UDC's four-match win-streak came to a halt and the Firebirds fell to 7-5 (3-1 ECC).

Before the match, UDC honored its captain and team leader, senior Simon Andersson (Business Management – Ystad, Sweden/Sydskanska Gymnasiet) with a Senior Day celebration. Andersson has 41 singles wins and 40 doubles wins, and he helped the team reach two NCAA Tournaments over his outstanding four-year career as a Firebird.