Marquette Men's Tennis Falls 5-2 at DePaul

Golden Eagles wrap up regular season with doubles point win but singles losses

Apr. 12, 2026 at 5:34pm

A cubist-style painting featuring overlapping geometric shapes in navy, green, and yellow, conceptually representing the intensity and fragmentation of a men's tennis match.Marquette's men's tennis team faces a tough loss against DePaul, but looks to rebound at the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament.Rochester Hills Today

The Marquette University men's tennis team concluded the regular season with a 5-2 defeat against DePaul on Saturday afternoon. Marquette started strong by claiming the doubles point, but the Blue Demons rallied to win five of the six singles matches, with only Marquette's Clayton Anderson earning a singles victory.

Why it matters

This loss marks the end of the regular season for the Marquette men's tennis team, who will now shift their focus to the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament. The team's performance in the regular season will help determine their seeding and matchups in the conference tournament, which is a crucial event for the program.

The details

In doubles play, Marquette's Luke Coppage and Remi St. Laurent clinched the doubles point with a 7-6 (7-4) win at the No. 2 position. However, DePaul stormed back in singles, winning five of the six matches. Marquette's lone singles victory came from Clayton Anderson, who defeated DePaul's Tobias Leitner 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.

  • The match took place on Saturday, April 12, 2026.

The players

Luke Coppage

A sophomore on the Marquette men's tennis team.

Remi St. Laurent

A sophomore on the Marquette men's tennis team.

Clayton Anderson

A player on the Marquette men's tennis team who earned a singles victory against DePaul.

Tobias Leitner

A player on the DePaul men's tennis team who lost to Clayton Anderson in singles.

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What’s next

The Marquette men's tennis team will travel to Cayce, South Carolina this week to compete in the BIG EAST Tournament.

The takeaway

Despite the overall team loss, Marquette's performance in doubles play and Clayton Anderson's singles victory provide some positive momentum heading into the conference tournament, where the Golden Eagles will look to make a strong postseason run.