AU Men Finish Fall With 5-2 Home Win

On Sunday (Oct. 13) afternoon at the Deborah Liebert Karl Tennis Complex, Ashland University's men's tennis team topped West Virginia State, 5-2, to end the non-championship fall season.
 
The Eagle men are 2-1 going into spring 2025.
 
DOUBLES MATCHES (WEST VIRGINIA STATE WON POINT, 2-1)

• First – Sophomore Batsomi Marobela/junior Tomas Paskauskas def. Axel Dormann/Forkane Lebdi, 6-4.
• Second – Johan Karlsson/Facundo Campana Urcia def. junior Reid Opel/sophomore Ryohei Miyake, 6-4.
• Third – Heinrich Lindeque/Elias Valencia def. freshman Bernardo Duarte/senior Fabian Bussard, 6-3.

SINGLES MATCHES (ASHLAND 5, WEST VIRGINIA STATE 1)

• First – Lebdi def. Marobela, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 10-7.
• Second – Paskauskas def. Karlsson, 7-5, 6-2.
• Third – Miyake def. Lindeque, ret.
• Fourth – Sophomore Doug Cree def. Campana Urcia, 7-5, 6-2.
• Fifth – Bussard def. Dormann, 7-5, 3-6, 10-5.
• Sixth – Sophomore Kaj Salzano def. Valencia, 6-1, 6-4.