MTEN sweeps Saturday DH from Trinity, Tyler

Saturday, February 2

Abilene, Texas

9 a.m.

Abilene Christian

Trinity

Photo by: Tim Nelson

2/3/2019 1:08:00 PM | Men's Tennis

ABILENE – Abilene Christian men's tennis improved to 7-3 on the season following its doubleheader sweep of in-state rivals Trinity and Tyler. The Wildcats defeated the 17th-ranked Tigers (DIII), 7-0 before topping the NJCAA's No. 1 program from Tyler, 5-2.

ACU's seven singles competitors produced a combined record of 11-1 (.917) with five players compiling a 2-0 record: freshmen Dmitris Azoides and Riley Tran, senior Nikolas Moceanu, and brothers Josh and Jonathan Sheehy, who each went undefeated at the top two positions. Interestingly, all five of these competitors are tied for the team lead in victories with six.

Josh defeated No. 30 Jordan Pitts of Trinity 6-1, 6-3 and third-ranked Marcus Walters of Tyler, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, while Jonathan scored wins over Wilson Lambeth, 6-2, 6-4 and second-ranked Alex Parker, 7-5, 7-6 (4) in extending his personal winning streak to six. He won four matches last weekend in winning Southland Conference Player of the Week honors.

ACU's combined doubles record was a modest 3-3. Moceanu and Tran won their two matches together at the No. 2 line in improving to 4-1 on the spring, and the tandem of Jackson Fine and Sebastian Langdon defeated Trinity's Cameron Kimbrill and Christian Settles, 6-1, in their season debut together.

Next up for the Wildcats is a trip to Colorado Springs for three weekend (Feb. 8-9) dual matches vs. Colorado State Pueblo, Air Force and Montana.

Abilene Christian 5, #1 Tyler 2
Feb 02, 2019 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. Josh Sheehy (ACU) def. #3 Marcus Walters (TJC) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
2. Jonathan Sheehy (ACU) def. #2 Alex Parker (TJC) 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)
3. Nikolas Moceanu (ACU) def. #13 Luke Simkiss (TJC) 2-6, 7-6, 6-2
4. Dimitris Azoides (ACU) def. #20 Karl Mosterd (TJC) 6-4, 6-2
5. Riley Tran (ACU) def. Lavenco Gasperini (TJC) 6-1, 6-3
6. #31 Matthew Beecher (TJC) def. Joaquin Delgado (ACU) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #5 Marcus Walters/Alex Parker (TJC) def. Josh Sheehy/Jonathan Sheehy (ACU) 7-6
2. Nikolas Moceanu/Riley Tran (ACU) def. Matthew Beecher/Karl Mosterd (TJC) 6-4
3. Luke Simkiss/Lavenco Gasperini (TJC) def. Jackson Fine/Cole Lawson (ACU) 7-6

Abilene Christian 7, #17 Trinity 0
Feb 02, 2019 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. Josh Sheehy (ACU) def. #30 Jordan Pitts (TRI) 6-1, 6-3
2. Jonathan Sheehy (ACU) def. Wilson Lambeth (TRI) 6-2, 6-4
3. Dimitris Azoides (ACU) def. Wilson Hamilton (TRI) 6-2, 6-0
4. Nikolas Moceanu (ACU) def. Cameron Kimbrill (TRI) 6-1, 6-3
5. Riley Tran (ACU) def. Jace Akagi-Okuma (TRI) 6-1, 7-6
6. Sebastian Langdon (ACU) def. Tilden Oliver (TRI) 4-6, 6-4, 10-6

Doubles competition
1. Jordan Pitts/Wilson Lambeth (TRI) def. Jonathan Sheehy/Josh Sheehy (ACU) 7-5
2. Nikolas Moceanu/Riley Tran (ACU) def. Wilson Hamilton/Jace Akagi-Okuma (TRI) 6-3
3. Jackson Fine/Sebastian Langdon (ACU) def. Cameron Kimbrill/Christian Settles (TRI) 6-1