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#20 Men’s Tennis earns statement win over #18 LMU to move to 4-0 in SAC play
Posted: Mar 22, 2025

#20 Men’s Tennis earns statement win over #18 LMU to move to 4-0 in SAC play

Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
  • Augustin Mastri / Luca Bergonzi def. Alexandru Giurea / Hugo Ruiz Espejo 5-3
  • Marcos Castares / Thomas Kostka def. Harper Mills / Sergio Sebastian Ara 6-2
  • Mateo Berne / Sebastian Zabala def. Radu Florea / Ethan Hirons 6-2
Singles
  • Augustin Mastri def. Alexandru Giurea FINAL - UNFINISHED
  • Thomas Kostka def. Harper Mills 6-1, 6-2
  • Mateo Berne def. Radu Florea FINAL - UNFINISHED
  • Marcos Castares def. Sergio Sebastian Ara 6-1, 6-2
  • Luca Bergonzi def. Ethan Hirons 6-7, 6-2, 6-1
  • Alessandro Valleta def. Kai Miyatake FINAL - UNFINISHED

Salisbury, N.C. —- In a matchup of two top-20 ranked teams in the South Atlantic Conference, the 20th-ranked Catawba College men's tennis team earned a statement conference win over 18th-ranked Lincoln Memorial at the Johnson Tennis Courts on Saturday.

 

HOW IT HAPPENED

DOUBLES

- Marcos Castares and Thomas Kostka earned a 6-2 win at the #2 doubles position

- Mateo Berne and Sebastian Zabala helped clinch the doubles point with a 6-2 win in the #3 position

- Agustin Mastri and Luca Bergonzi led 5-3 at the doubles clinch point

 

SINGLES

- Kostka earned a sweep victory to keep his undefeated mark this season in singles play, defeating LMU's #2 ranked opponent 6-1, 6-2

- Castares did the same at #4s, winning by the same score 6-1, 6-2

- Bergonzi came back from a loss in the opening set via tiebreak to take the next two sets 6-2 and 6-1 to earn a victory at #5s to help clinch the match

- After suffering a 6-1 loss in the opening set, Mastri won the second 6-3 and led the third 4-1 at the clinch point

 

UP NEXT

- Catawba travels to 7th-ranked Wingate next week, facing the Bulldogs on Monday