WEST POINT, New York – Marist men's tennis had a busy weekend, competing in the Army Invitational. The team would square off against seven different teams over the course of the weekend.
 

DAY ONE

• Marist would split singles matches with Sacred Heart. MaxDarrington beat Lucca Casalduc Pla 6-4 and 7-5 and Kian Yazdi took down Ayman Khan 6-3 and 6-4.
• John Oxner would need three sets to defeat Chris Sause, winning the first one 6-1, dropping the next one 6-3 and winning the last one 10-5.
• St. Johns swept the Red Foxes in doubles matches, with Marist dropping its matches, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-3.

 

DAY TWO

• In Army versus Marist doubles, Marist picked up a doubles win from Christopher Gladden and John Oxner. Playing in the two spot, they defeated Diego Huttepain and Alejandro Quiros 6-2.
• The duo of Gladden and Oxner also picked up a doubles win against UConn, taking down John Holtmann and Jack McLister 7-6.
• Marist picked up four singles wins against St. Bonaventure. John Oxner defeated John Rutkowski 6-2, 6-1 and Kian Yazdi defeated Logan D'Angelo 6-3, 6-3.
• Lars Schouten and Gladden had the closest sets against St. Bonaventure. Schouten dropped his first set 2-6 but went on to pick up set wins 7-6 and 10-7 to beat Ante Zovko. Gladden took the first set 6-1, dropped the next set 6-3 and rebounded with a 10-7 victory to earn the win over Lukas Liden Malmberg.

 

DAY THREE

•  The first double team of Lars Schouten and Piotr Sowinski defeated NJIT's Tomi Antoljak and Zac Castagana.
• Gladden and Oxner picked up their third doubles win of the weekend, beating George Svensson and Lukas Zvikas.
• The final match of the weekend was against the MAAC defending champs Monmouth. Marist fared well in an early match-up with the Hawks winning two single match ups. Gladden, playing in the number three spot, dropped his first set 6-4 against Will Cooke Wharton but one the next one 6-2 and  won the match tie-breaker 11-9.
• Oxner picked up the other single win against Monmouth in the four spot, defeating Alberto Giuffrida 6-1, 6-3.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

" The team competed very hard this weekend, and had successful results all three days. Our number 2 doubles team of Chris Gladden and John Oxner had an outstanding three days, beating Army, UConn and NJIT, and both netted singles wins against defending MAAC champ  Monmouth. Overall, it was a very encouraging performance against high-caliber competition." Stated Director of Tennis Operations Gary Sussman.
 

UP NEXT

The men will travel to UConn for the Connecticut State open November 2-4