RICHMOND, Va. – To kick off the spring season, the Temple men's tennis split a set of matches at the VCU 4+1 Invitational on Saturday.
In their first match of the day, the Owls were defeated by the Belmont University Bruins, 4-1. Belmont's Cedric Dacjacquier took down Temple's Nicolas Paulus at the first flight, 6-3, 6-3, while the doubles team of Bruno Russo and Stephen Goldman edged out Santiago Canete and Artem Kapshuk, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
The Bruins followed up with second flight win, as Robin Demasse defeated Vineet Naran, 6-2, 6-3.