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POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's tennis team is winners of 12 overall Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships in the program's history. One of the Red Foxes most significant titles came in 2008, kicking off a stretch of four league championships in a row and six in the next seven years. The Red Foxes run solidified the squad as the team to beat in the MAAC throughout the late '00's and early 10's.

After falling short the previous four seasons, the Red Foxes rattled off a 14-5 overall record and perfect 6-0 MAAC record. The Red Foxes had numerous First Team All-MAAC selections (Loic Sessagesimi, Nicolas Pisecky, Greg Marks), two Second Team All-MAAC selections (Marcus von Nordheim, Landon Greene), and boasted the MAAC Rookie of the Year in von Nordheim.

Led by long-time coach Tim Smith, the Red Foxes dominated Fairfield from the start en route to a 7-0 shutout and their sixth program title at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York. Sophomore Loic Sessagesimi was named the Most Outstanding Performer of the tournament. Marist got things rolling in doubles action where they took two of three matches to earn the doubles point. Christian Coley and Nicolas Pisecky easily beat Ryan Berthod and Rob Ferronte 8-2 in first doubles. Marks teamed with Sessagesimi for an 8-2 second doubles win in which they scored the first six points of the match.

Coley got the win in first singles over Berthod. He won the first five points of the first set to take the momentum, but Berthod battled back to pull within one. Coley was able to serve for the final point, took back the momentum, and dominated the rest of the match; the score was 6-4, 6-0. Sessagesimi had no trouble in his second singles match with Ferronte. He took control from the start, and executed a perfect game plan in which he applied pressure on every point. He won 6-2, 6-0 and finished an outstanding 3-0 weekend in the tournament.

In third singles, von Nordheim won a thriller in three sets over George Laffey. The rookie won 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-4. The two players were relatively evenly matched and showed no quit throughout. Von Nordheim just made the bigger shots. Pisecky was once again dominated during the fourth singles. He rolled over Balas Szikla 6-2, 6-1. Pisecky was 3-0 on the weekend. Marks won his 13th straight match during the fifth singles over Chip Palumbo, 6-2, 6-4, and concluded with a perfect tournament. Rookie Landon Greene finalized the Marist shutout with a 6-1, 6-2 at sixth singles. Greene completely controlled the action, and it was clear his opponent was overmatched from the start.

The Red Foxes, earning the automatic bid in the NCAA tournament, squared off against Ole Miss but would fall to the SEC champs, 4-0.

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