Dan Ansel improved to 4-2 with a 6-3, 6-3 win at fifth singles.

March 29, 2017

Men’s Tennis Shuts Out Randolph Macon 9-0 in Home Opener

HUNTINGDON, Pa.- The Juniata men’s tennis team played its first ever regular season match on its new courts on Wednesday afternoon against Randolph-Macon. The Eagles came away victorious with a 9-0 win over the Yellowjackets.

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Randolph-Macon	Juniata Eagles
Score	0	9

Doubles

Dean Polisena / Roy Liberman def. Baxter Carter / Grant Sarver 8-6
Matyas Kohout / Owen Grafe def. Alex Curnow / Stuart McCroskey 8-3
Dan Ansel / Jason Gerber def. Jacob Haines / Pablo Bordas 8-3

Singles

Dean Polisena def. Jacob Haines 6-3 , 6-3
Matyas Kohout def. Baxter Carter 6-4 , 6-3
Roy Liberman def. Grant Sarver 7-5 , 6-3
Daichi McAuliffe-Uch def. Alex Curnow 7-6 (7-3) , 6-3
Dan Ansel def. Stuart McCroskey 6-3 , 6-3
Owen Grafe def. Shane Berry 6-1 , 6-2

HUNTINGDON, Pa.- The Juniata men's tennis team played its first ever regular season match on its new courts on Wednesday afternoon against Randolph-Macon. The Eagles came away victorious with a 9-0 win over the Yellowjackets.

While second and third doubles for the Eagles were easily won, the first doubles pair of Roy Liberman (Montevideo, Uruguay / EIHU) and Dean Polisena (Adelaide, Australia / Saint Ignatius) needed a comeback and did so as they held off Baxter Carter and Grant Sarver 8-6.

In singles play, Daichi McAuliffe-Uchida (Wantage, NJ / High Point Regional HS) won his third straight match with a 7-6, 6-3 victory over Alex Curnow at fourth singles. He improves to 4-2 on season. Dan Ansel (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) also improved his record to 4-2 with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Stuart McCroskey at fifth singles. Other winners included Polisena, Matyas Kohout (Prague, Czech Republic / Gymnasium Jizni Mesto), Liberman, and Owen Grafe (Newton, Mass./Newton North).

Juniata begins Landmark play this Saturday when it travels to the nation's capital to play Catholic. Match time is at 1:00 p.m.