CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (March 29, 2025) – After suffering its SoCon loss of the season on Thursday, the ETSU men's tennis team bounced back with a 6-1 road victory over longtime rival Chattanooga on Saturday afternoon. Saturday's victory improves ETSU's record to 9-6 overall and 3-1 in league action.
 
The Bucs began Saturday's contest well winning all three of the doubles matches. It marks just the second time this season that the Bucs have won all three doubles tilts in a single match with the other coming against UNC Greensboro.
 
Moving onto singles, the Bucs were just as good winning five of six contests. Peter Kalocsai and Martin Garcia-Ripoll pushed the ETSU advantage to 3-0 before Carlos Gonzales clinched the win for the Blue and Gold with a 7-5, 6-1 win. Gonzales, who improved to 11-3 this season with Saturday's win, was followed by victories from Pedro Cressoni and Francisco Lamas to finish off the day. ETSU is now 18-2 against Chattanooga since 2001.
 
Saturday's full results can be found below.
 
Singles Competition
1. Peter Kalocsai (ETSU) def. Jakub Jupa (UTC) 6-4, 6-2
2. Martin Garcia-Ripoll (ETSU) def. Gabriel Castillo (UTC) 6-1, 7-5
3. Pedro Cressoni (ETSU) def. Ryan Mudre (UTC) 6-2, 5-7, 10-6
4. Francisco Lamas (ETSU) def. Cortland Grove (UTC) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
5. Matej Laibl (UTC) def. Juan Andres Listo (ETSU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
6. Carlos Gonzales (ETSU) def. Kristof Kincses (UTC) 7-5, 6-1
 
Doubles Competition
1. Peter Kalocsai/Martin Garcia-Ripoll (ETSU) def. Jakub Jupa/Gabriel Castillo (UTC) 6-3
2. Francisco Lamas/Juan Andres Listo (ETSU) def. Ryan Mudre/Carson Gompert (UTC) 6-4
3. Pedro Cressoni/James Sim (ETSU) def. Cortland Grove/Kristof Kincses (UTC) 6-3
 
Next up for the Bucs is a four-match home stand to close out the regular season. This home stand begins next Friday when ETSU hosts Samford. First serve for that match is set for 2 p.m.
 
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