WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Catholic men's tennis team hosted Gettysburg on Saturday for a Cardinal Weekend battle. The Cardinals claimed the doubles point to take an early advantage before defeating the Bullets 5-2.
Catholic opened the match by taking two of three doubles contests. At the one doubles spot,
Ian Arenas and
Lorenzo Neri battled to a 7-5 victory over Gettyburg's Teo Burgess and Matt Porreca.
Francis DeLucia and
Luke Hynes followed with a 6-4 win over Malek Mustafa and Ben O'Connor-Skloot on court three to secure the opening point for Catholic.
In singles competition, Neri defeated Burgess 6-3, 6-4 in the one spot. Arenas added another point for the Cardinals in the three singles spot in a close contest, earning a 7-5, 6-2 victory over O'Connor-Skloot.
Hynes took down his Bullet opponent in straight sets in the six spot, cruising past Mustafa 6-3, 6-1 to give Catholic their fourth team point and clinch the match.
DeLucia had a thrilling finish on court four against Spencer Pompian. After taking the opening set 6-2, DeLucia dropped the second 3-6 before battling through a tightly contested deciding set. With the third set tied at six games apiece, DeLucia dominated the tiebreaker 7-0 to secure a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 victory and round out the afternoon.
With this win, Catholic improves its record to 5-1 to close out the fall portion of its 2026-27 season.
