Indiana Men’s Tennis Downs Dayton in Season-Opener

Sunday, January 15

Bloomington, Ind.

11:00 AM

Indiana University

Dayton

BLOOMINGTON, IN - January 22nd, 2022- Ilya Tiraspolsky during the match against the Bellarmine Knights at the Indiana University Tennis Center in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Sammy Nance/ Indiana Athletics

Indiana Men’s Tennis Downs Dayton in Season-Opener

1/15/2023 2:10:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––––– Indiana Men's Tennis started their season off on the right foot, defeating Dayton in a 4-1 match on Sunday morning at the IU Tennis Center.

The Hoosiers got rolling with two quick wins at doubles to earn the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead. Luka Vukovic and Ekansh Kumar's win at No. 3 Doubles plus Sam Landau and Luc Boulier's win at No. 2 Doubles was enough to give IU the advantage ahead of singles play.

In singles play, Ekansh Kumar, Sam Landau and Ilya Tiraspolsky won their respective matches to put IU up 4-1 and clinch a victory over the Flyers.

The win puts Indiana at 1-0 to start the season.

Indiana will close out the day with their second match of the double-header against Toledo at 4 p.m.

Indiana 4, Dayton 1
Singles competition
1. Connor Bruce (UD) def. Patrick Fletchall (IU), 6-3. 6-2
2. Luka Vukovic (IU) vs. Matt DeMarco (UD), 4-6, 4-4, unfinished
3. Sam Landau (IU) def. Ron Hiyur (UD), 6-4, 6-0
4. Ilya Tiraspolsky (IU) def. Eric Perkowski (UD), 6-2, 6-3
5. Jagger Saylor (IU) vs. Erik Eliasson (UD), 4-6, 6-3
6. Ekansh Kumar (IU) def. Georgi Mavrodiev (UD), 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Patrick Fletchall/Ilya Tiraspolsky (IU) vs. Connor Bruce/Matt DeMarco (UD), 6-6 (4-4), unfinished
2. Sam Landau/Luc Boulier (IU) def. Eric Perkowski/Georgi Mavrodiev (UD), 6-4
3. Luka Vukovic/Ekansh Kumar (IU) def. Ron Hiryur/Max DeCurtins (UD), 6-3

Order of Finish:
Singles: 6, 1, 3, 4, unfinished
Doubles: 3, 2, unfinished