Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis splits doubleheader with Lourdes, Capital

Capital

Wittenberg

Doubles

Ethan Libby / Kyle Fout (WITM)
def. Spencer Surles / Jesse Stevens (CAPM)

8-6

Mark Trinka / Henry Smith-Heston (WITM)
def. Sam Williams / Jackson Havel (CAPM)

8-2

Jacob Bennett / Sven Eerenbeemt (WITM)
def. Alex Rowley / Nicholas Wines (CAPM)

8-2

Singles

Ethan Libby (WITM)
def. Spencer Surles (CAPM)

6-2, 6-2

Mark Trinka (WITM)
def. Jackson Havel (CAPM)

6-0, 6-0

Kyle Fout (WITM)
def. Jesse Stevens (CAPM)

6-1, 6-1

Jacob Bennett (WITM)
def. Alex Rowley (CAPM)

6-0, 6-0

Andrew Garofoli (WITM)
def. Nicholas Wines (CAPM)

6-3, 6-0

Sven Eerenbeemt (WITM)
def. Sam Williams (CAPM)

6-1, 6-1

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Lourdes

Wittenberg

Doubles

Victor Dieltiens / Joshua Parish (LOURDESM)
def. Ethan Libby / Kyle Fout (WITM)

8-6

Theo Casadei / Alvaro Trilllo (LOURDESM)
def. Mark Trinka / Henry Smith-Heston (WITM)

8-5

Luis Guzman / Jaden Coley (LOURDESM)
def. Jacob Bennett / Sven Eerenbeemt (WITM)

8-1

Singles

Victor Dieltiens (LOURDESM)
def. Ethan Libby (WITM)

6-4, 6-2

Joshua Parish (LOURDESM)
def. Mark Trinka (WITM)

6-1, 3-6, 10-5

Theo Casadei (LOURDESM)
def. Kyle Fout (WITM)

6-1, 7-6

Alvaro Trilllo (LOURDESM)
def. Jacob Bennett (WITM)

6-1, 6-1

Aryan Mittal (LOURDESM)
def. Andrew Garofoli (WITM)

6-0, 6-1

Jaden Coley (LOURDESM)
def. Derek Stinefield (WITM)

6-2, 6-3

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Men's Tennis splits doubleheader with Lourdes, Capital

Posted: Feb 25, 2024

DAYTON — The Wittenberg men's tennis team split a doubleheader with Lourdes and Capital on Sunday. The Tigers opened the day with a 9-0 defeat to Lourdes but rebounded for a 9-0 win over Capital.

The Basics

Records: Wittenberg (1-5 overall), Lourdes (2-4 overall), Capital (0-8 overall)
Venue: Five Seasons Sports Club - Dayton, Ohio
Wittenberg is now 31-3 all-time against Capital. This marked the first all-time meeting between Wittenberg and Lourdes.

Match 1 - Lourdes 9, Wittenberg 0

The Tigers opened the match by dropping all three doubles courts.
Junior Ethan Libby (Loveland, Ohio/Loveland) and senior Kyle Fout (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) fell 6-8 at No. 1 doubles.
Junior Mark Trinka (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and Forest Hills) and freshman Henry Smith-Heston (Yellow Springs, Ohio/Yellow Springs) fell 5-8 at No. 2 doubles.
Freshmen Jacob Bennett (Pickerington, Ohio/Central) and Sven Van den Eerenbeemt (S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands/Gymnasium Beekvliet) fell 1-8 at No. 3 doubles.
Lourdes then won all six singles courts.
Libby fell 4-6, 2-6 at No. 1 singles.
Trinka fell 1-6, 6-3, 5-10 at No. 2 singles.
Fout fell 1-6, 6-7(6) at No. 3 singles.
Bennett fell 1-6, 1-6 at No. 4 singles.
Freshman Andrew Garofoli (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) fell 0-6, 1-6 at No. 5 singles.
Junior Derek Stinefield (Alexandria, Ind./Alexandria-Monroe) fell 2-6, 3-6 at No. 6 singles.

Match 2 - Wittenberg 9, Capital 0

The Tigers opened the match by winning all three doubles courts.
Libby and senior Fout won 8-6 at No. 1 doubles.
Trinka and Smith-Heston won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles.
Bennett and Van den Eerenbeemt won 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
Wittenberg proceeded to sweep all six singles courts.
Libby won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.
Trinka won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles.
Fout won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.
Bennett won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.
Garofoli won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.
Van den Eerenbeemt won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.

Quotes - Head coach Jacob Rankin

On match against Lourdes: "This was a tough one against a really strong NAIA team. We improved on some things from yesterday and have another shot to improve against Capital today."
On match against Capital: "I'm super happy with the boys and the way they got after it in this one! I'm hoping to build on this win as we head towards spring break."