Air Force Academy
Citadel
Men's tennis downs Citadel Sunday at home
2/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Air Force defeated The Citadel, 6-1, in a non-conference men's tennis match Sunday at the Air Force Academy Indoor Tennis Courts. The Falcons earned a split of their weekend home matches with the win and improve to 4-3 overall. Citadel falls to 1-9.
Air Force opened the match by winning the doubles point. Dillon Launius and Mark Kite got the win at No. 3 over Jackson Price and Ryan Template, 6-2. Following a loss at No. 2 by Andrew Parks and Max Olson to Artemie Amare and Oliver Dedding, 6-3, the point came down to No. 1 doubles. Grand Taylor and Lucas Fumagalli defeated Peter Bleach and Nick Bradley to clinch the point for the Falcons.
Air Force won five of six singles matches. Taylor picked up the first singles point at No. 1 with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Bleach. Fumagalli won a pair of tie-breakers at No. 2 over Dedding, 7-6, 7-6 while Olson won 6-3, 6-4 overall Bradley at No. 3. Amare earned the lone point for Citadel with a 5-7, 7-6, 1-0 win over Parks at No. 4 singles. Launius was a 6-2, 6-4 winner over Pride at Nol. 5 and Nicholas Carpenter won at No. 6 over Template, 6-0, 6-1.
Air Force Men's Tennis
Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015
Air Force 6, Citadel 1
Singles
1 - Grant Taylor (AF) def. Peter Bleach (Cit), 6-1, 6-1
2 - Lucas Fumagalli (AF) def. Oliver Dedding (Cit), 7-6, 7-6
3 - Max Olson (AF) def. Nick Bradley (Cit), 6-3, 6-4
4 - Artemie Amare (Cit) def. Andrew Parks (AF), 5-7, 7-6, 1-0
5 - Dillon Launius (AF) def. Jackson Pride (Cit), 6-2, 6-4
6 - Nicholas Carpenter (AF) def. Ryan Template (Cit), 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2, 6, 5, 4
Doubles
1 - Grant Taylor/Lucas Fumagalli (AF) def. Peter Bleach/Nick Bradley (Cit), 6-3
2 - Artemie Amare/Oliver Dedding (Cit) def. Andrew Parks/Max Olson (AF), 6-3
3 - Dillon Launius/Mark Kite (AF) def. Jackson Pride/Ryan Template (Cit), 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
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