University of St. Thomas Athletics
Friday, March 5
Grand Forks, ND
10 a.m.
0
at
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University of North Dakota
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Men's Tennis shows grit in opening loss at North Dakota
3/5/2021 5:56:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Division I North Dakota moved to 7-2 on the season with Friday's 7-0 defeat of St. Thomas in men's tennis play at Choice Health and Fitness in Grand Forks.
The Toms battled to 6-4 losses at first and second doubles, and competed hard in singles. Newcomers who had good debuts for the Purple include Frank Stich, Lennart Buhl and Aasish Bharath.
St. Thomas plays Sunday in Kenosha, Wis., against Carthage College.
Doubles
No. 1: Cian McDonell/Gerhard Sullwald UND def. Frank Stich/Tristan Fjelstad, 6-4
No. 2: Lucas Percy/Johnatan Parat UND def. Aasish Bharath-Anshul Bharath, 6-4
No. 3: Petro Alex/Edmond Aynedjian UND def. Myles Krzewinski/Sterling Sibley, 6-1
Singles
No.1: Sullwald UND def. Stich, 6-1, 6-3
No. 2: Parat UND def. Fjelstad, 6-0, 6-0
No. 3: McDonnell UND def. Lennart Buhl, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4: Aynedijian UND def. Krzewinski, 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Percy UND def. Aasish Bharath, 6-1, 6-3
No. 6: Alex UND def. Anshul Bharath, 6-0, 6-1
The Toms battled to 6-4 losses at first and second doubles, and competed hard in singles. Newcomers who had good debuts for the Purple include Frank Stich, Lennart Buhl and Aasish Bharath.
St. Thomas plays Sunday in Kenosha, Wis., against Carthage College.
Doubles
No. 1: Cian McDonell/Gerhard Sullwald UND def. Frank Stich/Tristan Fjelstad, 6-4
No. 2: Lucas Percy/Johnatan Parat UND def. Aasish Bharath-Anshul Bharath, 6-4
No. 3: Petro Alex/Edmond Aynedjian UND def. Myles Krzewinski/Sterling Sibley, 6-1
Singles
No.1: Sullwald UND def. Stich, 6-1, 6-3
No. 2: Parat UND def. Fjelstad, 6-0, 6-0
No. 3: McDonnell UND def. Lennart Buhl, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4: Aynedijian UND def. Krzewinski, 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Percy UND def. Aasish Bharath, 6-1, 6-3
No. 6: Alex UND def. Anshul Bharath, 6-0, 6-1
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
12
13
Gerhard Sullwald / 0 [NDAK-M]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
00
Johnatan Parat / 0 [NDAK-M]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
33
Cian McDonell / 0 [NDAK-M]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
31
Edmond Aynedijian / 0 [NDAK-M]
66
#5 Singles Match
12
13
Lucas Percy / 0 [NDAK-M]
66
#6 Singles Match
12
01
Petro Alex / 0 [NDAK-M]
66
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