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Men's Tennis Paul Marboe

Men's Tennis Suffers 6-1 Setback Against Carnegie Mellon

Senior Alec Dylan Foo-Kune won at No. 2 singles
BOX SCORE Flash Points:
  • SFU Men's Tennis fell 6-1 against Carnegie Mellon on Saturday at The Club Sport and Health in Monroeville.
  • Luna and Pinos earned a doubles win at No. 2, while Foo-Kune collects singles win at No. 2.
  • The Red Flash takes on Dayton on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Monroeville.

MONROEVILLE, Pa. – The Saint Francis Men's Tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision at Carnegie Mellon on Saturday at The Club Sport and Health in Monroeville.  The Red Flash won a singles match and a doubles match, but dropped the doubles point and five singles matches.  SFU is now 0-5 this Spring, while the Tartans, ranked 10th in the ITA Division III Poll, moved to 4-1 this season.
 
Sophomore Franz Luna (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Laurel Springs) and freshman Sebastian Pinos (Quito, Ecuador/Compuinformatica) matched up against CMU's Jeffrey Chen and Robert Levin at No. 2 doubles.  The Red Flash duo earned a tough 7-5 victory to improve to 5-4 overall and 2-3 this Spring.
 
At the top doubles spot, senior Alec Dylan Foo-Kune (Phoenix, Mauritius/International Connections Academy (Md.)) and sophomore Eduardo Garcia (Toluca, Mexico/Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico) took on Carnegie Mellon's Daniel Levine and Kailas Shekar.  The SFU pair suffered a 6-4 setback.
 
In the match at No. 3, junior Chad Allender (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) and sophomore Samuel Miller (Smithfield, R.I./Homeschool) met the Tartans' Nicholas Calzolano and Chaz Downing.  The SFU duo fell 6-3 as CMU clinched the doubles point.
 
Foo-Kune faced Carnegie Mellon's Downing at the No. 2 singles spot.  The Red Flash senior claimed a 6-4 win in the opening set.  He repeated that performance in the next set to clinch a straight-set victory.  Foo-Kune improved to 3-2 this Spring and 7-6 overall.
 
Luna took on CMU's Levine at No. 1.  The SFU sophomore fell 7-5, 6-2 and is now 3-2 in dual matches.  At No. 3, Pinos battled CMU's Ray Boppana, but dropped a 7-5, 6-1 decision and is now 2-3 this Spring.
 
At No. 4 singles, Miller met the Tartans' Shekar.  However, the SFU sophomore suffered a 6-2, 6-2, setback.  In the match at No. 6, Allender faced CMU's Joshua Pinckney, but fell 6-1, 6-1.
 
Garcia competed against Carnegie Mellon's Levin at No. 5.  The Red Flash sophomore won a tough first set, 7-5, but Levin responded by winning the second set, 6-1.  In the super-tiebreaker deciding set, Levin came out on top, 10-7.
 
The Red Flash wraps up the weekend on Sunday against Dayton.  The match is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at The Club Sport and Health.
 
Doubles:
1. Levine/Shekar(CMU) def. Foo-Kune/Garcia(SFU), 6-4.
2. Luna/Pinos(SFU) def. Chen/Levin(CMU), 7-5.
3. Calzolano/Downing(CMU) def. Allender/Miller(SFU), 6-3.
Order of Finish: 1,2,3
 
Singles:
1. Levine(CMU) def. Luna(SFU), 7-5, 6-2.
2. Foo-Kune(SFU) def. Downing(CMU), 6-4, 6-4.
3. Boppana(CMU) def. Pinos(SFU), 7-5, 6-1.
4. Shekar(CMU) def. Miller(SFU), 6-2, 6-2.
5. Levin(CMU) def. Garcia(SFU), 5-7, 6-1, 1-0(7).
6. Pinckney(CMU) def. Allender(SFU), 6-1, 6-1.
Order of Finish: 1,2,3,4,6,5
 
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Players Mentioned

Alec Dylan Foo-Kune

Alec Dylan Foo-Kune

5' 9"
Senior
Franz Luna

Franz Luna

5' 11"
Sophomore
Sebastian Pinos

Sebastian Pinos

5' 5"
Freshman
Chad Allender

Chad Allender

5' 8"
Junior
Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo Garcia

5' 6"
Sophomore
Samuel Miller

Samuel Miller

5' 11"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Alec Dylan Foo-Kune

Alec Dylan Foo-Kune

5' 9"
Senior
Franz Luna

Franz Luna

5' 11"
Sophomore
Sebastian Pinos

Sebastian Pinos

5' 5"
Freshman
Chad Allender

Chad Allender

5' 8"
Junior
Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo Garcia

5' 6"
Sophomore
Samuel Miller

Samuel Miller

5' 11"
Sophomore