Gandonou Wins Singles Draw At Wofford College Clash

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Wofford College Clash

Gandonou Wins Singles Draw At Wofford College Clash

11/2/2025 6:06:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score Results

By: Todd Anderson, anderson_t02@mercer.edu

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Senior Amen Prince Gandonou breezed through a trio of straight-sets singles victories, including a 6-4, 7-6 decision over UNC Asheville's Daniel Franco Key in the title bout, to claim top honors in the Gold singles draw at the Wofford College Clash on Sunday.

Shingo Masuda and Cameron Douthit highlighted doubles play for the Bears as the tandem advanced all the way through to Sunday's championship of the White draw before falling in a tight 7-6 contest to Wofford's tandem of Valdemar Dubin and Owen Dooley. Dubin and Dooley took the deciding tiebreaker by a 7-2 count.

The event, which signaled the end of the fall portion of the 2025-26 schedule for the Orange & Black, yielded a handful of positives. Mercer amassed five doubles wins across the 3-day event at Wofford's Reeves Tennis Center, including a pair by Gandonou and newcomer Alex Aldaz who rallied back from a loss on Friday to claim honors in the consolation draw.

Gandonou, Aldaz and sophomore Esteban Davila Gasser all posted multiple singles victories in Greenville. Gasser dropped a 15-13 tiebreaker on the way to falling in the championship match of the tournament's Silver draw, while Aldaz rebounded from a loss in his Friday opener with a pair of wins in the consolation draw.

The Bears will be back in action again on Jan. 11, 2026, when they open the spring portion of their 2025-26 slate at Florida State.

Wofford College Clash (Mercer Results)
Singles Competition
Mikalai Bankou (SC State) def. Alex Aldaz (Mercer) 6-2, 6-4 Alex Aldaz (Mercer) def. Jack Deveney (Wofford) 6-4, 6-2 Alex Aldaz (Mercer) def. Daniel Clivio (Wofford) 6-4, 6-4 Shingo Masuda (Mercer) def. Valdemar Dubin (Wofford) 6-2, 6-3 Hugo Rask (Wofford) def. Shingo Masuda (Mercer) 7-5, 6-3 Daniel Franco Key (UNC Asheville) def. Shingo Masuda (Mercer) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-8) Amen Prince Gandonou (Mercer) def. Bastian Zamora (SC State) 6-3, 6-4 Amen Prince Gandonou (Mercer) def. Hugo Rask (Wofford) 6-1, 6-2 Amen Prince Gandonou (Mercer) def. Daniel Franco Key (UNC Asheville) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) Esteban Davila Gasser (Mercer) def. Owen Dooley (Wofford) 0-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7) Esteban Davila Gasser (Mercer) def. Julius Augunas (SC State) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 Ian Rasheed (Wofford) def. Esteban Davila Gasser (Mercer) 6-0, 2-6, 1-0 (15-13) Parker Mariencheck (Wofford) def. Howell Burns (Mercer) 6-3, 6-2 Trevor Gray (UNC Asheville) def. Howell Burns (Mercer) 6-2, 7-5

Doubles Competition
Mikalai Bankou/Bastian Zamora (SC State) def. Howell Burns/Esteban Davila Gasser (Mercer) 6-4 Griffin Lovern/Cian Ingles (UNC Asheville) def. Howell Burns/Esteban Davila Gasser (Mercer) 6-2 Hugo Rask/Daniel Clivio (Wofford) def. Howell Burns/Esteban Davila Gasser (Mercer) 6-3 Shingo Masuda/Cameron Douthit (Mercer) def. Parker Mariencheck/Jack Burdell (Wofford) 7-5 Shingo Masuda/Cameron Douthit (Mercer) def. Leonardo Kolbe/Daniel Franco Key (UNC Asheville) 6-1 Valdemar Dubin/Owen Dooley (Wofford) def. Shingo Masuda/Cameron Douthit (Mercer) 7-6 (7-2) Iliyas Maratuly/Anh Hoang La Pham (SC State) def. Amen Prince Gandonou/Alex Aldaz (Mercer) 6-3 Amen Prince Gandonou/Alex Aldaz (Mercer) def. Hugo Rask/Daniel Clivio (Wofford) 7-6 (7-3) Amen Prince Gandonou/Alex Aldaz (Mercer) def. Griffin Lovern/Cian Ingles (UNC Asheville) 6-1