Wednesday, February 16
Harrisonburg, VA
3:00 PM
Radford University
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at
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James Madison
Match Slips Away at James Madison
2/16/2022 8:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
HARRISONBURG, Va. – Radford (1-3) fell to James Madison Wednesday afternoon 6-1 despite many close individual finishes.
In doubles play the Highlanders and Dukes fought in tight contests in two of the three courts. Robert Hagen and Aditya Balsekar picked up another win on court three 6-3 while Demis Taramonlis and Andres Silva battled on court one to decide who got the doubles point. Taramonlis and Silva fought back to tie the set at 5-all, but James Madison took the final two points to win 7-5 and take the 1-0 lead in the match.
Singles play was just as intense between the two squads. After James Madison took court two in two sets, both Konstantinos Raptis and Taramonlis fought back after dropping their first set to force third sets. Taramonlis' comeback was especially special as he came back from down 5-1 in the second set to force a tiebreaker he ultimately won.
In the third set Raptis was unable to complete the comeback to make it a 3-0 James Madison lead. While Taramonlis continued his comeback attempt on court one, Silva won easily 6-1, 6-1 on court four to make it just a 3-1 lead. Taramonlis and his opponent traded points throughout the third set forcing a tiebreaker that James Madison won 7-3 to clinch the match.
In the final two singles courts James Madison would take both, giving them the 6-1 victory.
Up Next
The Highlanders open up Big South play this Sunday with a match against Hampton.
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In doubles play the Highlanders and Dukes fought in tight contests in two of the three courts. Robert Hagen and Aditya Balsekar picked up another win on court three 6-3 while Demis Taramonlis and Andres Silva battled on court one to decide who got the doubles point. Taramonlis and Silva fought back to tie the set at 5-all, but James Madison took the final two points to win 7-5 and take the 1-0 lead in the match.
Singles play was just as intense between the two squads. After James Madison took court two in two sets, both Konstantinos Raptis and Taramonlis fought back after dropping their first set to force third sets. Taramonlis' comeback was especially special as he came back from down 5-1 in the second set to force a tiebreaker he ultimately won.
In the third set Raptis was unable to complete the comeback to make it a 3-0 James Madison lead. While Taramonlis continued his comeback attempt on court one, Silva won easily 6-1, 6-1 on court four to make it just a 3-1 lead. Taramonlis and his opponent traded points throughout the third set forcing a tiebreaker that James Madison won 7-3 to clinch the match.
In the final two singles courts James Madison would take both, giving them the 6-1 victory.
Up Next
The Highlanders open up Big South play this Sunday with a match against Hampton.
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For more information on the Radford Men's Tennis team follow @RadfordMTennis on Twitter and Instagram, as well as Radford Men's Tennis on Facebook.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
123
476
Holden Koons / 0 [JMU]
667
#2 Singles Match
12
24
William Karpinski / 0 [JMU]
66
#3 Singles Match
123
571
Youssef Sadek / 0 [JMU]
756
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Oscar Hernandez / 0 [JMU]
11
#5 Singles Match
123
600
Edson Sanchez / 0 [JMU]
261
#6 Singles Match
12
34
Mathieu Josserand / 0 [JMU]
66
Order of Finish:
2,3,4,1,5,6
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