POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist men's tennis picked up a key 6-1 victory over Quinnipiac Wednesday afternoon. The men improve to 10-8 overall and 4-0 in conference play. With the win, Marist has secured a spot in the MAAC tournament that will take place from April 27-28.

The men set the tone early in the match during doubles play. Christopher Gladden and John Oxner picked up the first win of the match from the second spot 6-1. The pairs of Piotr Sowinski and Carlos Moreno and Lars Schouten and Max Darrington had to battle in their matches, but both picked up 7-5 wins.

Piotr Sowinski continued to show his improvement on the court and picked up the first singles win of the day for Marist with a 6-4, 6-3 win from the third spot. Lars Schouten and Kian Yazdi followed up with wins from the first and sixth spots to clinch the match win. John Oxner came back from dropping his second set to win a set tie breaker 7-6, 2-6, 10-8.
 

FROM THE COACH

"They are obviously a formidable opponent. They were picked ahead of us in the preseason poll. The key is always in the doubles point and my first team of Carlos and Piotr were great. Second doubles have been great all year and Max and Lars also won," Lauded Director of Tennis Gary Sussman. "I told them before a good team is a team that acts like they have been here before. You guys are acting like you've been here before."
 

UP NEXT

A big match looms against undefeated Monmouth Friday, April 12 at 2:00 PM.
 

SINGLES

S1 Lars Schouten def. Freddie Zaretsky 7-6, 5-3
S2 Hielke Moore def. Christopher Gladden 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
S3 Piotr Sowinski def. Alester Magalit 6-4, 6-3
S4 John Oxner  def. Patrick Cachapero 7-6, 2-6, 10-8
S5 Max Darrington def. Austin Yannone 7-6, 6-4
S6 Kian Yazdi def. Bryan Schick 6-3, 6-4
 

DOUBLES

D1 Piotr Sowinski/Carlos Moreno def. Patrick Cachapero/Hielke Moore 7-5
D2 Christopher Gladden/John Oxner def. Austin Yannone/Freddie Zaretsky 6-1
D3 Max Darrington/Lars Schouten def. Axel Stern/Alester Magalit 7-5