The Notre Dame Men’s Tennis team started the season strong and won both parts of their double header at home today. They started with a 7-0 sweep of the DePaul Blue Demons followed by a 6-1 win over the IUPUI Jaguars to move to 2-0 on the year.
In doubles action against DePaul, the top pairing of senior Connor Fu and freshman Sebastian Dominko would get a late break in the set to win 7-5 over Jakic and Krivokapic. At the third position, senior Matt Halpin and freshman Evan Lee clinched the match with a 6-3 win over Almeida and Iaquinto to setup a 1-0 lead heading in to singles.
Freshman Sebastian Dominko, who is ranked #17 in the country in the ITA National Singles Rankings, was first off the court with a 6-4, 6-2 over Jakic. Dominko’s doubles partner Connor Fu was next off the court with a 7-6, 6-4 win at the #4 position to setup graduate student for the clinching point after a 6-3, 7-5 win at the #3 spot. The remaining matches would be played to completion with sophomore Yu Zhang picking up his first career dual match singles victory at #5 by a score of 6-4, 7-6. The last two matches on would be three setters and freshman Noah Becker seeing his first ever dual match end with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win at #6 singles. Senior Matt Che would wrap up the opening battle with a come from behind 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 win at #2 singles to complete the sweep for the Irish.
Returning to the courts after a short break, Notre Dame would continue their good form with a quick doubles point. Dominko and Fu would again lead the way with a 6-3 win at the top position followed by Becker and sophomore Brian Bilsey clinching the early lead with a 6-2 win at #3 doubles.
In singles, the Jaguars would even the score picking up a win at #3 singles over sophomore Jamie Corsillo but that would be the only point tallied in their favor. Vashistha would fall behind 0-3 but went on a tear to win 12 of the next 13 games to secure the 6-3, 6-1 victory at the top singles spot. Bilsey finished a solid win at the #4 position to stretch the lead to 3-1 before senior Matt Halpin clinched the match with a 7-6, 6-1 victory at #5 singles. Once again, the final two matches would be played to completion and each would need a 10-point tiebreak to determine the winners. Freshman Evan Lee picked up his first career dual singles win with a 6-3, 5-7, 1-0(6) victory at #6 leaving Yu Zhang to finish off the day with a come from behind 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(6) win of his own to send the Irish into the…