FAIRFIELD, Connecticut – Marist men's tennis remained perfect in conference matches, taking down Faifield 6-1 Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Red Foxes improve to 9-8 and 3-0 in MAAC games.

After dropping the first doubles set, the doubles pairs of Christopher Gladden and John Oxner and Lars Schouten and Max Darrington stepped up to win at the second and third spot respectively to claim the doubles point.

Lars Schouten and Kian Yazdi easily dispatched their opponents from the first and fifth singles spot to take a 3-0 advantage in the overall match. Both Red Foxes blanked their opponent in the second set to claim victory. The Stags would not go down easily, forcing three other matches into a tie breaker set.

Christopher Gladden came up clutch from the second spot to claim Marist's fourth point of the match. Both Piotr Sowinski and Jack Sequerth delivered strong performances from the third and sixth spots to win their matches in the tie breaker set.
 

FROM THE COACH

"An outstanding team effort against a formidable opponent," Stated Director of Tennis Operations Gary Sussman.  "Winning the doubles point was huge, Lars and Chris set the tone at first and second singles, the two freshman came up big, and Piotr played his best match of the year at third singles."
 

UP NEXT

Men's Tennis is back at home tomorrow to take on Quinnipiac at 3:00 PM.
 

SINGLES

S1: Lars Schouten def. Tyler Shibles 6-2, 6-0
S2: Chris Gladden def. Lewis Edwards 7-6(5), 6-4
S3: Piotr Sowinski def. Allan Magid 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-1
S4: Jeffrey Rodgers def. John Oxner 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
S5: Kian Yazdi def. Anthony Caputo 6-0, 6-0
S6: Jack Sequerth def. John Hatala 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
 

DOUBLES

D1: Lewis Edwards / Tyler Shibles def. Carlos Moreno / Piotr Sowinski 6-2
D2: Chris Gladden / John Oxner def. Allan Magid / Jan Parizek 6-4
D3: Lars Schouten / Max Darrington def. Anthony Caputo / Jeffrey Rodgers 6-3