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#21 Men’s Tennis moves to 2-0 in SAC play with 5-0 win over UVA Wise
Posted: Feb 27, 2025

#21 Men’s Tennis moves to 2-0 in SAC play with 5-0 win over UVA Wise

Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
  • Mateo Berne / Thomas Kostka def. Yi-Hsuan Chen / Arne Fassbender 6-4
  • Augustin Mastri / Luca Bergonzi def. Chathurya Nilaweera / Miguel De Rueda 6-2
  • Ryosuke Inagawa / Sebastian Zabala def. Daniel GonzalezGarza / Diego Pedrero FINAL - UNFINISHED
Singles
  • Mateo Berne def. Dmitrii Semenov 6-1, 7-5
  • Augustin Mastri def. Miguel De Rueda 6-0, 6-1
  • Thomas Kostka def. Chathurya Nilaweera 6-1, 6-0
  • Luca Bergonzi def. Yi-Hsuan Chen FINAL - UNFINISHED
  • Alessandro Valleta def. Daniel GonzalezGarza 6-2, 6-2
  • Ryosuke Inagawa def. Vanja Vojinovic FINAL - UNFINISHED

Salisbury, N.C. —- The 21st-ranked Catawba College men's tennis team continued its winning ways on Thursday at the Johnson Tennis Courts, sweeping its way to a win over UVA Wise, 5-0, in South Atlantic Conference play.

 

HOW IT HAPPENED

DOUBLES

- Catawba's #2s pair of Agustin Mastri and Luca Bergonzi earned a swift 6-2 win in doubles play

- The top-ranked duo of Mateo Berne and Thomas Kostka clinched the doubles point with a come-from-behind 6-4 win in doubles play

- Ryosuke Inagawa and Sebastian Zabala led 5-4 in #3 doubles play at the point of stoppage

 

SINGLES

- Mastri cruised his way to a 6-0, 6-1 win in #2 singles action

- Kostka picked up a similarly paced victory in #3s play, 6-1, 6-0

- Alessandro Valleta earned a 6-2, 6-2 win over the UVA Wise #5s player, effectively clinching the match

- Berne's 6-1, 7-5 win over Wise's #1 player ended at virtually the same time, so both matches counted toward the winning Catawba total

- Inagawa won the opening set 6-3 and trailed 5-3 in the second as play ended

- Bergonzi fell in his opening set 7-6, but took the first point of set two before the end of the match

 

UP NEXT

- Catawba returns to the Johnson Tennis Courts on Saturday, looking to move to 3-0 in SAC play when they host Limestone at roughly 1:30 p.m. (30 minutes after conclusion of women's match)