Friday, March 7
Millersville, PA
2:00 PM
Millersville University
5
vs
2
Salem
Men's tennis secures first win of spring season over Salem
3/7/2025 9:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis
MILLERSVILLE, Pa. — The Millersville men's tennis team secured its first win of the spring season with a 5–2 victory over Salem.
The Marauders stumbled out of the gate in doubles play, but came on in singles action en route to the win. Millersville's top duo of Lino Morin and Sebas Castro have been clicking to start the season, and today's dual was no different. The tandem took their match by the score of 6–2 to start the day, but it was 'Ville's only win in the opening slate.
However, the Marauders quickly found their groove as a team and took five of the six singles matches in a strong win over Salem. Morin and Castro both went 2–0 on the day, as Morin had a comeback victory of 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, and Castro coasted to a 6–1, 6–1 win. Jasper de Koning and Paul Bagnouls narrowly lost as a doubles team, but both rebounded in singles play. Bagnouls took a three-set match that ended 6–2, 2–6, 1–0, and de Koning won his match 6–3, 6–4. In the final win for the Marauders on the day, Sandor Wulf took his match by the score of 6–3, 7–5.
In a breakthrough dual before the team travels south to for spring break, head coach Matt Helsel was happy with the team's effort. Though he'd like to see more consistency from the team in doubles play, he's proud of his top players setting the tone for the rest of the team.
"We played really well today; some high-quality tennis in difficult conditions with a thorough and consistent effort from top to bottom and start to finish," said Helsel. "Lino and Jasper have really been driving the train for us so far, and they certainly did their part today, but this time they had support. This sort of effort is contagious, which is good because this needs to be the standard."
The Marauders are off unitl Monday as they travel south for their spring break trip, starting things off at 9 a.m. on March 10 in Hilton Head Island, S.C. against Thomas More.
The Marauders stumbled out of the gate in doubles play, but came on in singles action en route to the win. Millersville's top duo of Lino Morin and Sebas Castro have been clicking to start the season, and today's dual was no different. The tandem took their match by the score of 6–2 to start the day, but it was 'Ville's only win in the opening slate.
However, the Marauders quickly found their groove as a team and took five of the six singles matches in a strong win over Salem. Morin and Castro both went 2–0 on the day, as Morin had a comeback victory of 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, and Castro coasted to a 6–1, 6–1 win. Jasper de Koning and Paul Bagnouls narrowly lost as a doubles team, but both rebounded in singles play. Bagnouls took a three-set match that ended 6–2, 2–6, 1–0, and de Koning won his match 6–3, 6–4. In the final win for the Marauders on the day, Sandor Wulf took his match by the score of 6–3, 7–5.
In a breakthrough dual before the team travels south to for spring break, head coach Matt Helsel was happy with the team's effort. Though he'd like to see more consistency from the team in doubles play, he's proud of his top players setting the tone for the rest of the team.
"We played really well today; some high-quality tennis in difficult conditions with a thorough and consistent effort from top to bottom and start to finish," said Helsel. "Lino and Jasper have really been driving the train for us so far, and they certainly did their part today, but this time they had support. This sort of effort is contagious, which is good because this needs to be the standard."
The Marauders are off unitl Monday as they travel south for their spring break trip, starting things off at 9 a.m. on March 10 in Hilton Head Island, S.C. against Thomas More.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
123
Simon Braeuning / 0 [SALEM-M]
613
466
#2 Singles Match
12
Daniel Paipa / 0 [SALEM-M]
66
31
#3 Singles Match
12
Pablo Guillen / 0 [SALEM-M]
34
66
#4 Singles Match
12
Elias Hort / 0 [SALEM-M]
11
66
#5 Singles Match
12
Roberto Ducoing / 0 [SALEM-M]
35
67
#6 Singles Match
123
Enrico Pucci / 0 [SALEM-M]
260
621
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