Capital 9, Franciscan 0

STEUBENVILLE, OHIO - Franciscan Men's Tennis begins the fall part of their season with a home opener against Capital University. Capital is an extremely deep and talented team that is coming into town fresh off a 7-0 sweep of Mount Vernon of Nazarene. 2022 PAC Newcomer of the Year Travis Mistry moves into the #1 spot on the team for his sophomore year. His first test as the top player was a big one facing Leonardo Abreu a First-Team All-OAC last year.

Doubles
     The Franciscan doubles lineup was extremely young. Junior Aidan Palladino was the only upper classman of the six players. The Barons were swept in doubles play, but #1 doubles Travis Mistry and freshmen Samuel Sabol had a very close match losing 8-4. Mistry was on target and aggressive with his shots. Coach Greve was generally impressed with how sharp Mistry looked today, but felt that a handful of shots just didn't go his way and lost some unlucky points. Going into Singles play the Barons were down 3-0.

Singles
    Travis Mistry continued to impress in his Singles performance. He lost the first set 6-5. In the second set, Mistry was down 5-2. In a grand comeback he broke Abreu's serve and won two consecutive games. With the set score 5-4, Mistry had game point to tie the match and force a tiebreak, but a string of those unlucky shots Coach referred to lost him the game, the set, and match. 

Next Up
Franciscan will hit the road to complete a busy weekend with a pair of matches tomorrow at Washington & Jefferson. First at 11:30 a.m. they will take on Baldwin Wallace, and then they will take on Washington & Jefferson in a non-conference match upon the conclusion of the first match. The Barons are in search of their first win all-time against the Yellow Jackets, as they are 0-10 in previous matchups. Last season they fell by a score of 4-5. On the flip side the Barons are 4-0 all-time against the Presidents, including a 9-0 win in conference play last season.

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