ORLANDO, Fla. -- The top-seeded Dayton Flyers and the second-seeded VCU Rams won their respective Atlantic 10 Men’s Tennis Championship semifinals on Friday and will meet in the championship. The A-10 Men’s Tennis Championship begins Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the USTA National Campus.  

Match 7: No. 1 Dayton vs. No. 5 Davidson 

The top-seeded Dayton Flyers punched their ticket to the A-10 Men’s Tennis Championship on Friday. The Flyers defeated the fifth-seeded Davidson Wildcats 4-1 in the semifinals to advance. In doubles, the Flyers battery of Kyle McNally and Brady Hussey delivered a 6-0 defeat to the Davidson duo 6-0 on court two. The Wildcats secured a win on court three behind Davide Proacci and Nikhil Mukherjee’s win over Sturle Skigelstrand and Sai Dore, 6-2. UD’s Eric Suk and Mikkel Zinder claimed the doubles point with their 7-6 win on court one versus Nico Pinzon and Gregorio Hidalgo. In singles, Skigelstrand won 6-4, 6-2 on court four versus Proacci. Then Davidson’s Hidalgo won a 6-3, 6-4 decision on court three against Dore. McNally won at No. 1 singles versus Uddayvir Singh, 6-2, 6-4. Dayton clinched the win behind Hussey’s 6-1, 7-5 defeat against Sebastian Carpio Moran on court five.  

SINGLES 

1. Kyle McNally (UD) def. Uddayvir Singh (DAV) 6-2, 6-4 

2. Mikkel Zinder (UD) vs. Juan Camilo Perez Gongora (DAV) DNF 

3. Gregorio Hidalgo (DAV) def. Sai Dore (UD) 6-3, 6-4 

4. Sturle Skigelstrand (UD) vs. Davide Procacci (DAV) 6-4, 6-2 

5. Brady Hussey (UD) def. Sebastian Carpio Moran (DAV) 6-1, 7-5 

6. Nico Pinzon (DAV) vs. Alfons Ridstrom (UD) DNF 

Order of Finish: 4, 3, 1, 5 

DOUBLES:  

1. Eric Suk / Mikkel Zinder (UD) def. Nico Pinzon / Gregorio Hidalgo (DAV) 7-6 

2. Kyle McNally / Brady Hussey (UD) def. Miles Kennedy / Uddayvir Singh (DAV) 6-0 

3. Davide Procacci / Nikhil Mukherjee (DAV) def. Sturle Skigelstrand / Sai Dore(UD) 6-2 

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1 

Match 8: No. 2 VCU def. No. 3 Richmond 4-2 

The seven-time defending A-10 Men’s Tennis Champions VCU Rams defeated the Richmond Spiders 4-2 to advance to Saturday’s championship. German Samofalov and Kostiantyn Mantach of VCU captured a victory at No.1 doubles over Davis Wiley and Cole Brashear, 6-2. UR’s Dylan Atkinson and Otto Sewell won on court three 6-4 against Alfred Almasi and Leon Zaorski. The Spiders’ duo of Paxton Pritchard and Sam Rathmanner defeated Nicolo Consonni and Gevorg Mnatsakanyan 7-6. Pritchard and Rathmanner clinched the doubles point for the third-seeded Spiders. Samofalov claimed the first singles victory for the second-seeded Rams. He delivered Wiley a 7-5, 6-0 loss on court one. Brashear clinched the lone singles victory for the Spiders after he defeated Consonni 6-2, 6-4 on court two. Zaorski then won 6-4, 6-3 against Zach Portnoy on court six. He was followed by Mantach with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 defeat of Brashear on court five. Almasi sealed the Rams’ victory with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 decision over Rathmanner on court four.  

SINGLES 

1. German Samofalov (VCU) def. Davis Wiley (UR) 7-5, 6-0 

2. Paxton Pritchard (UR) def. Nicolo Consonni (VCU) 6-2, 6-4 

3. Dylan Atkinson (UR) vs. Erwann Bouchet (VCU) DNF 

4. Alfred Almasi (VCU) def. Otto Sewell (UR), 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 

5. Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU) def. Cole Brashear (UR) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 

6. Leon Zaorski (VCU) def. Zach Portnoy (UR) 6-4, 6-3 

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 6, 5, 4 

DOUBLES 

1. German Samofalov / Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU) def. Davis Wiley / Cole Brashear (UR) 6-2 

2. Paxton Pritchard / Sam Rathmanner (UR) def. Nicolo Consonni / Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (VCU) 7-6 

3. Dylan Atkinson / Otto Sewell (UR) def. Alfred Almasi / Leon Zaorski (VCU) 6-4 

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2 

The Atlantic 10 Men’s Tennis Championship begins at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday at the USTA National Campus.