BRISTOL, Tenn. — The University of Pikeville men's and women's tennis teams closed out the fall portion of their schedules Friday, with both squads falling 6-1 to King University. The Bears earned two individual victories on the day, with men's No. 2 singles player Ahmed Hassairi and women's No. 5 singles player Teegan Carpenter picking up wins.
MTENNIS at King, L 6-1
The UPIKE men opened the match with a pair of competitive doubles contests but were unable to secure the doubles point. Rafael Gonzalez and Roberto de La Torre fell 6-1 at No. 1 doubles to Adria Garrido and Matthew Finn, while Daniel Munoz and Ahmed Hassairi dropped a 6-4 decision at No. 2 to Aaron Gutierrez and Jonathan Frost.
Tomas Blanco and Luciano Correa battled at No. 3 doubles before falling 7-6 to Jet Walles-Capasso and Joel Hiveluah.
Hassairi provided the Bears' lone team point in singles, battling past Garrido 7-6, 3-3 at No. 2 singles before Garrido retired. Rafael Gonzalez fell to Finn 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1, while Blanco dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Frost at No. 3.
Gutierrez defeated Munoz 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4, and Walles-Capasso topped de La Torre 7-5, 6-1 at No. 5. Correa battled through three sets at No. 6 before falling to Rohan Chalisgaonkar 7-5, 6-7, 6-3.
WTENNIS at King, L 6-1
The UPIKE women also battled King throughout doubles play, with Juanita Quintero and Julieta Faisal earning the Bears' lone doubles victory. The pair defeated Alexandra Forcadell Zaytseva and Shellby Tranchita 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
Jada Adkins and Flor Krumm Maurer fell 6-1 at No. 1 doubles to Regina Castro Alvarez and Tayla Hunter-Geppert, while Emily Triplett and Teegan Carpenter dropped a 6-3 decision at No. 3 to Helena Queiroz de Castro and Trinity Moore.
Carpenter earned UPIKE's lone singles victory, defeating Moore 6-4, 7-5 at No. 5 singles. Krumm Maurer fell 6-0, 6-2 to Castro Alvarez at No. 1, while Hunter-Geppert defeated Faisal 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2.
Tranchita topped Quintero 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3, and Forcadell Zaytseva defeated Adkins 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4. Queiroz de Castro closed out the match with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Triplett at No. 6.
The matches against King marked the conclusion of the Bears' fall tennis schedule. UPIKE will return to competition in the spring as both programs continue their 2026-27 seasons.
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