DePaul's spring break road trip to California got off to a tough start on Tuesday.
After splitting the first two doubles matches with Tripp Tuff and Matteo Iaquinto winning at the No. 3 position, Vito Tonejc and Marino Jakic came within three match points of clinching the doubles point only to come up short 7-6(8).
Loyola Marymount (4-10) which has played eight nationally ranked teams in the dual-match season won the first five singles matches.
The Blue Demons' best, reigning BIG EAST Player of the Week Vito Tonejc, came through with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over the Lions' No. 1 singles player John Otico.
That was Tonejc's 13th win in 14 dual matches. The junior from Zagreb, Croatia opened the dual season with a 10-match winning streak, stumbled once and has now won three in a row.
The five-day road swing through California continues Wednesday at UC Irvine which is 9-4 with all its losses coming to nationally ranked opponents.
Loyola Marymount 6, DePaul 1
March 22, 2022 at Los Angeles
(LMU Tennis Center)
Singles
1. Vito Tonejc (DPU) def. John Otico (LMU) 6-3, 7-5
2. Jose Dominiquez (LMU) def. Marino Jakic (DPU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Arthur Pantino (LMU) def. Lars Peder Minsaas (DPU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Manoel De Alencar (LMU) def. Luuk Wassenaar (DPU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Austin Di Giulio (LMU) def. Tripp Tuff (DPU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Toky Ranaivo (LMU) def. Matteo Iaquinto (DPU) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
1. Thien Nguyen/Charles Roberts (LMU) def. Vito Tonejc/Marino Jakic (DPU) 7-6(8)
2. Toky Ranaivo/Jose Dominiquez (LMU) def. Luuk Wassenaar/Lars Peder Minsaas (DPU) 6-2
3. Tripp Tuff/ Matteo Iaquinto (DPU) def. Austin Di Giulio/Arthur Pantino LMU 6-2
Match Notes:
Loyola Marymount 4-10
DePaul 6-9
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,6,5,4,3,1)
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