Flash Points:
- SFU men's tennis travels to Youngstown State on Saturday.
- The meet begins at 3 p.m.
- The Red Flash is 3-1 this spring after a 7-0 win at Howard and a 4-3 loss at Navy last weekend.
- Freshman Franz Luna (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Laurel Springs) and sophomore Jan Vit Suntar (Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia/Gimnazija Kranj) each recorded two singles wins last week.
LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis men's tennis team visits Youngstown State on Saturday. The Red Flash and the Penguins are set for a 3 p.m. match.
Saint Francis, led by Head Coach
Rob Castille, is 3-1 this Spring. The Red Flash earned a 7-0 win over Howard last Saturday, but fell 4-3 at Navy on Sunday.
Freshman
Franz Luna (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Laurel Springs) leads the Red Flash with an 11-3 overall record in singles, including 4-0 this spring, after winning a pair of matches at No. 2 last week. Sophomore
Jan Vit Suntar (Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia/Gimnazija Kranj) recorded two victories last week to improve to 9-2 overall and 4-0 this Spring, while senior
Plamen Avuski (Plovdiv, Bulgaria /Math High School ) is 9-3 overall and 2-1 in dual matches.
Fellow rookie
Arturo Dell'eva (Verona, Italy/Sanchez Casal Tennis Academy) won his match at No. 4 on Sunday to improve to 8-1 overall and 3-0 this Spring. Junior
Alec Dylan Foo-Kune (Phoenix, Mauritius/International Connections Academy (Md.)) went 1-1 at No. 1 and is now 2-2 this Spring. Senior
Rodrigo Tico (Guadalajara, Mexico/Colegio de Bachilleres) is also 2-2 this Spring after splitting his weekend matches, while senior
Eli Cerdan (Bloomfield, N.J. /Saint Mary High School) and sophomore
Robin van der Heijden (Burgh Haamstede, Netherlands/Scheldmond College) each picked up their first win of the Spring.
Foo-Kune and Tico combined for two singles wins last week and is now 3-1 as a duo. Suntar combined with Avuski for a win at No. 2 on Saturday, but paired with Dell'eva in a loss on Sunday. Luna and van der Heijden went 1-1 at No. 3.
Youngstown State is 3-0 this spring, with wins over Tiffin (7-0), Niagara (6-1) and Duquesne (6-1).
Senior Mitch Maroscher is 3-0 at No. 1 singles, while junior Matthew Kritzinger is 2-1 at No. 2 and Thomas Rodriguez is 2-1 at No. 3. Joao Garretto (4), Gabriel Tolesani (5) and Luke Purser (6) all own 3-0 records at their positions.
Maroscher and Rodriguez are 3-0 at the top doubles spot, while Garretto and Kritzinger are 3-0 at No. 2 and Pol Virgili Blanco and Tolesani are 3-0 at No. 3.