March 19, 2006

Results

CINCINNATI - The Xavier University men's tennis team won its 10th match of the season as the Musketeers posted a 4-3 win over Atlantic 10 Conference foe Duquesne University on Sunday morning at the Five Seasons Country Club. XU improves to 10-6 overall while the Dukes drop to 6-13 on the season.

Duquesne took the early lead in the match with wins at first and second doubles with XU's Ra'ees Ismail and Rustin Reys recording an 8-4 win over Michael Belmonte and Rob Ojeda at No. 3.

Xavier would rally after losing the doubles point by relying on its deep singles lineup to record wins in four of the six matches to earn the team win over Duquesne. Freshman Doug Matthews made just his second appearance of the season at No. 2 where he recorded a straight-set defeat of Michael Ortega to move to 17-10 on the season. Ismail picked up XU's second singles win of the day as the freshman posted a 6-2, 6-4 win over Adam Townsend at No. 4.

In the fifth position, Rob Simpson cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 defeat of Ojeda. Freshman Mike Dieciuc picked up the final singles win of the match for the Musketeers as he defeated Blake Williams in straight sets at No. 6, 6-3, 6-4.

Xavier will return to action on Friday, March 24, at 2:30 p.m. when the Musketeers travel to Richmond, Va. to take on the University of Richmond.

-XU-