
Duke Sends Three to Finals at Wake Forest
11/10/2018 8:29:00 PM | Men's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke men's tennis team had one doubles pair and two singles players advance to their respective flight finals at the Wake Forest Fall Invitational and the Blue Devils earned seven total victories Saturday. Senior Jason Lapidus led the way with three wins to advance to both the doubles and singles championship matches.
The doubles tandem of Lapidus and junior Spencer Furman won its semifinal match Saturday to earn a place in Sunday's championship contest.
In singles, Lapidus and junior Nick Stachowiak won two matches each to move to their respective flight title tilts Sunday. Furman also won his quarterfinal match before dropping falling in the semifinals. Junior Robert Levine picked up Duke's seventh win of the day with a victory in his 13th place consolation match.
The Blue Devils close out the fall season Sunday with the championship matches.
Singles
Flight A1
Round of 16
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Andy Zhou (Harvard) 6-0, 6-3
Zac Brodney (Indiana) def. Robert Levine (Duke) 6-3, 6-2
Consolation Quarterfinals
Patrick Cacciatore (South Carolina) def. Robert Levine (Duke) 6-2, 6-3
Quarterfinals
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Ryan Seggerman (Princeton) 7-5, 6-3
Consolation Match
Robert Levine (Duke) def. Matthew Lord (Virginia) 6-2, 6-3
Semifinals
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Melios Efstathious (Wake Forest) 6-2, 6-3
Flight A2
Round of 16
Spencer Furman (Duke) def. Oliver Stuart (Mercer) 6-1, 7-5
Quarterfinals
Spencer Furman (Duke) def. Robert Wrzesinski (Harvard) 6-4, 6-2
Semifinals
Rafael Lambling (South Carolina) def. Spencer Furman (Duke) 6-2, 6-3
Flight B2
Round of 16
Jason Lapidus (Duke) def. Oriol Puig (Charlotte) 6-4, 6-3
Quarterfinals
Jason Lapidus (Duke) def. Carlos Vincente (Tennessee Tech) 7-6 (10), 6-3
Semifinals
Jason Lapidus (Duke) def. Ollie Palmer (UNCG) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
Flight A1
Quarterfinals
Nick Stachowiak/Sean Sculley (Duke) def. Andy Zhou/Steven Sun (Harvard) 6-1
Semifinals
Wenceslao Albin/Elias Grubert (Tennessee Tech) def. Nick Stachowiak/Sean Sculley (Duke) 6-3
Flight A3
Quarterfinals
Spencer Furman/Jason Lapidus (Duke) def. Bennett Crane/Andrew Redding (Indiana) 7-5
Semifinals
Spencer Furman/Jason Lapidus (Duke) def. Olivier Stuart/Nicolas Guillon (Mercer) 6-0
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