BELLEVILLE & EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – The men's tennis team competed in their final regular-season fall duals this past weekend. Hosted between the cities of Belleville and Edwardsville, Illinois. Three other schools competed alongside the Bearcats with Goshen College, Maryville University, and William Woods University.
The duo of Stepan Mach and Stepan Aulov continue to dominate this fall, and the two also had singles success this weekend. The doubles partners went 2-0, while Aulov went 2-0 in singles and Mach went 1-1. Among other successful Bearcats include Ignacio Paolini and Alexandr Srsen, who went 2-0 in doubles. Srsen also went 2-0 in his singles competition. Among other 2-0 Bearcats include Bastian Post and Mathijs Aalpol, both in singles. Full results are below.
DAY 1 – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND VS. GOSHEN COLLEGE
Doubles
#1 | Paolini/Srsen (McK) vs. Ciucio/Stoltzfus (GC) | W 6-3
#2 | Diedrichs/Ercolani (McK) vs. Suprun/Stanculov (GC) | L 6-7(5)
#3 | Mach/Aulov (McK) vs. Novak/Gumeric (GC) | W 7-5
Singles
#1 |
Ignacio Paolini (McK) vs. Iago Ciucio (GC) | L 3-6, 5-7
#2 |
Stepan Mach (McK) vs. Timo Novak (GC) | L 1-6, 4-6
#3 |
Alexandr Srsen (McK) vs. Maksim Suprun (GC) | W 6-4, 6-3
#4 |
Felix Diedrichs (McK) vs. Garrett Stoltzfus (GC) | L 5-7, 5-7
#5 |
Stepan Aulov (McK) vs. Denis Stanculov (GC) | W 6-3, 6-4
#6 |
Bastian Post (McK) vs. Emre Gurmeric (GC) | W 5-7, 6-4 [10-6]
DAY 1 – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND VS. MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY
Doubles
#1 | Ercolani/Dolezal (McK) vs. Alvarez/Quilty (MU) | L 4-6
#2 | Phillips/Vega (McK) vs. Chernogorov/Delaloye (MU) | L 0-6
#3 | Suthar/Aalpol (McK) vs. Prentits/Morbioli (MU) | L 1-6
Singles
#1 |
Riccardo Ercolani (McK) vs. Diego Alvarez (MU) | W 6-3, 6-1
#2 | Lukáš Doležal (McK) vs. Maksim Chernogorov (MU) | L 5-7, 1-6
#3 |
Wout Van Duysen (McK) vs. Lorenzo Biava (MU) | L 4-6, 3-6
#4 |
Mathijs Aalpol (McK) vs. Markos Prentits (MU) | W 7-6(4), 6-4
#5 |
Noah Suthar (McK) vs. Jack Quilty (MU) | L 2-6, 4-6
#6 |
Roberto Vega (McK) vs. Luca Morbioli (MU) | L 3-6, 3-6
DAY 3 – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH VS. MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY
Doubles
#1 | Paolini/Srsen (McK) vs. Alvarez/Quilty (MU) | W 6-3
#2 | Diedrichs/Ercolani (McK) vs. Delaloye/Chernogorov (MU) | W 6-2
#3 | Mach/Aulov (McK) vs. Biava/Prentits (MU) | W 6-3
Singles
#1 |
Ignacio Paolini (McK) vs. Diego Alvarez (MU) | W 6-3, 6-1
#2 |
Stepan Mach (McK) vs. Michael Delaloye (MU) | W 7-5, 2-6 [11-9]
#3 |
Alexandr Srsen (McK) vs. Maksim Chernogorov (MU) | W 7-5, 6-4
#4 |
Felix Diedrichs (McK) vs. Lorenzo Biava (MU) | L 5-7, 4-6
#5 |
Stepan Aulov (McK) vs. Jack Quilty (MU) | W 7-5, 6-4
#6 |
Bastian Post (McK) vs. Luca Morbioli (MU) | W 6-1, 6-2
DAY 3 – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH VS. WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY
Doubles
#1 | Doležal/Van Duysen (McK) vs. Ooka/Hayashi (WWU) | W 7-6(4)
#2 | Aalpol/Suthar (McK) vs. Bauch/Haoulati (WWU) | W 6-3
#3 | Phillips/Vega (McK) vs. Bianchi Vinat/Alameddine (WWU) | L 6-7(4)
Singles
#1 | Lukáš Doležal (McK) vs. Juan Ayala (WWU) | W 3-6, 6-3 [10-8]
#2 |
Mathijs Aalpol (McK) vs. Vincent Abbe (WWU) | W 6-3, 6-1
#3 |
Wout Van Duysen (McK) vs. Manuel Aranguren (WWU) | L 4-6, 3-6
#4 |
Roberto Vega (McK) vs. Adam Alameddine (WWU) | L 4-6, 3-6
#5 |
Noah Suthar (McK) vs. Marco Bianchi Vinat (WWU) | L 3-6, 7-6(5) [5-10]
#6 |
Max Phillips (McK) vs. Ryota Hayashi (WWU) | L 2-6, 3-6
UP NEXT
The Bearcats will now prep for the ITA Midwest Regionals in Grand Rapids, Michigan, starting Friday, October 16th. It will run until Monday, October 19th at the Grand Rapids Racquet Club. Information regarding the tournament is to be determined.
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