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4/26/2025: Harold Huens vs. Delaware CAA Semifinals
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Tyler Kish

Men's Tennis Outlasts Delaware in CAA Semifinals

ELON, N.C. – Senior Harold Huens earned his 50th career singles victory, and sophomore Jordi Domenech clinched the win as top-seeded UNCW men's tennis outlasted No. 4 Delaware 4-1 in the semifinals of the Coastal Athletic Association Tournament on Saturday evening at Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.

Both teams entered the match unbeaten in the CAA in the regular season. UNCW, the nation's 69th-ranked team, improved to 11-7 on the season, while Delaware finished the year at 14-9 overall. UNCW will look for its fifth straight and 11th overall CAA title on Sunday at 2 p.m. against No. 2 Elon (11-7). It will be the fourth straight year the teams have met in the finals.

Delaware claimed the doubles point by the slightest of margins, taking two of the three epic bouts. The Blue Hens won 6-4 at No. 3 doubles, but weather halted play, resulting in a two-plus hour rain delay. As the teams left the court, Delaware led 6-5 at No. 2 doubles, while the action on court one was even at 5-5.

Once play resumed, the Blue Hens prevailed in a tiebreaker in No. 2 doubles, 7-6 (7-3), while Domenech and Joseph Wayand's match at No. 1 doubles ended at 6-6 (1-1).

However, the Seahawks responded by winning all four singles matches convincingly. At No. 1 singles, Huens, the 2024 CAA Player of the Year and the CAA's Most Outstanding Player at the 2024 tournament, set the tone for the rest of the evening.

Huens moved to 11-3 on the season, winning his seventh straight match. He dominated Piotr Siekanowicz, 6-2, 6-1, becoming the 14th player in program history with 50 singles wins.

Moments later, Sam Nicholson won his eighth straight match to give the Seahawks a 2-1 lead with a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 2 singles against Karol Malirz. 

Wayand followed suit with his team-leading 13th win of the season and ninth straight with a 6-3, 6-2 win against Tobey Lock at No. 3 singles.

After starting the season 0-3 in singles, Domenech sent the Seahawks to the championship match with his seventh straight win, a three-set triumph at No. 6 singles against Alexandre Gluck, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.

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