Box Score LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Bellarmine University men's tennis team got off to a highly encouraging start to the 2023-24 season.

On Friday and Saturday at the Eddie Weber Tennis Complex, the Knights went 16-2 in singles play and 8-0 in doubles action in the Bellarmine Fall Invitational.

Illinois Chicago, Chicago State and Eastern Illinois joined Bellarmine in the invitational, which used a hidden duel format.

Juniors Xavier Ecarma and Brent Reynolds, sophomore Vineet Ramesh and freshman Wynn Shioi — in his collegiate debut — all went 3-0 in singles play. Junior Jack Batchelor and sophomore Matthew Nice posted 2-1 marks.

Batchelor and Nice went 2-0 together in doubles play, as did Ecarma and Ramesh. The tandems of Ecarma/Nice, Batchelor/Shioi, Ramesh/Reynolds and Reynolds/Shioi all went 1-0 as the Knights swept their doubles matches.

Bellarmine will play Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Youngstown State's YSU Invitational.

Bellarmine Fall Invitational Results

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