ROME, Ga. — Kennesaw State men's tennis totaled 15 match wins across singles and doubles play in its penultimate tournament of the fall season at the UTR Sports NCAA Division I Invitational at the Rome Tennis Center, Oct. 29-Nov. 1.

Dominic Ducariu posted four straight-set wins on his way to securing the Flight A singles title. Ducariu opened the tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Jip Langerhuizen of North Alabama. After a 6-0, 7-5 defeat of Georgia State's Joao Junqueira, Ducariu finished the weekend with wins of 6-0, 6-3 over Julian Franzmann of Chattanooga and 6-3, 6-2 over the Lions' Satoru Nakajima.

"I'm really proud of Dom for bringing home the title this weekend," said KSU associate head coach Simon Pritchard. "He has been working hard and this is further evidence of that hard work paying off."

Juan Parrilla recorded four of his own singles victories, three of which came in straight sets.

The freshman from Buenos Aires, Argentina, beat the Mocs' Tristan Ryerson (6-3, 6-1), the Panthers' Aleksandar Andrin (6-2, 6-2) and Lipscomb's Juwan Bae (6-4, 6-2), as well as Lenny Galley of Troy (5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8)).

"Juan had an excellent weekend," Pritchard said. "It took a few tournaments, but the things we have been working on in practice finally clicked and it really showed in his results."

Ben Hudson posted three singles wins over opponents from Samford, Lipscomb and Jax State.

Hudson topped the Bulldogs' Gaku Nayuki 6-4, 6-3, then edged the Bisons' Filipo Verdese 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7) and the Gamecocks' Zach Murphy 7-6 (9-7), 6-3.

Frederik Tandeter rounded out KSU's success with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Chattanooga's Jaxon Lamb.

Tandeter and Parrilla notched their fourth doubles win of the season as well in a 7-5 defeat of Austin Peay's Rohan Loubser and Ari Allouche.

The Owls now finish their fall season at Stetson's Mad Hatter Invitational Nov. 5-8 in DeLand, Florida.

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