Box Score QUINCY, Ill. - The Quincy University men's tennis team hosted the Saints of Maryville for a non-conference matchup on Sunday (Feb. 18) at the Quincy Racquet Club. The Hawks defeated the Saints for the first time since 2021, utilizing singles wins from Inigo Villacampa, Joseph Restrepo and Gianni Lopez along with picking up all three wins in doubles for a 4-3 victory over MU. 

In doubles action, the pairing of Zach Willing and Villacampa defeated the pairing of Trigosso and Prentits 6-4 along with a 6-3 win in match two for Lopez and Restrepo over the team of Schmitt and Biava to give the Hawks an early 1-0 advantage in the contest and a victory in doubles. Just for good measure, the pairing of Sebastian Gomez and Ettore Pavesi delivered a 6-1 victory in their match against Suero and Hernandez Saracho. 

In singles, QU got a win from its one as Villacampa defeated Frezouls, dropping the first set 2-6 before taking the second 6-2 and the tie-break to collect the win. Joseph Restrepo picked up another win for Quincy, this one in straight sets, taking his match 6-3, 6-4 over Suero of Maryville to put the Hawks just a point away from a victory in the match. 

Maryville came away with wins in the three, four and six matches to even the match score at 3-3 apiece. Willing dropped his match to Trigosso (3-6, 6-3, 4-10), going the distance but not finding the burst to make it over the hump. A similar story unfolded for Ettore Pavesi who won his first set 6-3 before dropping the second set 4-6 and the tie-break 5-10 to Biava. Marko Cucuk was bested (2-6, 1-6) for the final point for the Saints. 

All tied up at 3-3 in the match, the weight fell on the shoulders of Lopez in his fives match against Prentits. Lopez answered the call, taking the first set 6-4 and the second 7-5 for a hard-fought win to seal the Hawks first win in three seasons over the Saints. 

Next up for the Hawks is a trip down to Lebanon, IL for a meeting with the Bearcats of McKendree next Saturday (Feb. 26) for a 5:00 PM match.