BALTIMORE (April 20, 2023) – Howard University men's tennis team finished the regular season with a 5-2 loss at Morgan State (MSU).
Despite the setback, sophomore
Marcel Dawson (Columbus, Ga.) and junior
Pierce Westbrook (New Orleans) picked up singles victories.
Dawson grabbed his eighth win of the season, topping MSU's Makkijha Brown in straight sets (6-4, 7-6 [5-0]), while the New Orleans native earned his first conference victory of the year with a two-set win against Bertin Karenzi (6-4, 6-4).
Junior
Hassimiyou Dieng (Dakar, Senegal) and second-year Bison
Daniel Dunac (Washington) battled but fell in three sets.
In doubles play, Dawson and junior
Justin Cadeau (West Orange, N.J.) defeated Brown and Sebastian Lopez, 6-3, but the Bears would win the other two contests.
With the loss, HU ended the regular season at 4-12 (2-3 MEAC).
On April 27-29, Howard returns to Cary, N.C., for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships.
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at
www.HUBison.com.