Men's Tennis Falls in Shortened Match with Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. — The Doane men's tennis team closed out its Monday slate against Mobile with a 5-0 loss to the Rams in the second match of the day on March 9.
Mobile secured the early advantage by sweeping the doubles point. At No. 1 doubles, the Doane tandem of Diego Infante and Elliot Dassel fell 6-4 to Callum Dickson and Davi Malvini Fernandes. The Rams also claimed the No. 2 and No. 3 courts as Andre Hartman and Jaime Asiain Banzo dropped a 6-4 decision to Goodwin Holley and Andres Riveros-Tejada, while Mats Vervloet and Miles Mollring were defeated 6-3 by Youssef Fazazi and Gabriel Esmanhotto.
Mobile carried that momentum into singles play, winning the first four completed singles matches to secure the team victory.
At the top of the lineup, Mats Vervloet faced Callum Dickson and fell 6-3, 6-1. Diego Infante was defeated by Gabriel Esmanhotto at No. 2 singles, while Jaime Asiain Banzo did not finish his match against Youssef Fazazi at the No. 3 position.
The Rams also took the No. 4 singles match as Elliot Dassel fell to Davi Malvini Fernandes, 6-0, 6-2. At No. 5 singles, Andre Hartman started his match with Goodwin Holley, but the match was not finished. The final match of the day at No. 6 singles saw Miles Mollring narrowly fall to Jacob Miller, 9-8 (7-4).
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