WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania – Marist Men's Tennis capped an impressive weekend in the Keystone State with a 4-1 victory over Bucknell on Sunday afternoon.
The Red Foxes win their third consecutive match to improve to 4-1 in dual matches this year. The Bison drop top 4-4 on the season.
- Senior captain Lars Schouten and junior Nestor Giribet Lopez started the day with a 6-2 victory over Ryan Jurist and Marwan Abaza in the second position.
- Bucknell evened the doubles with a No. 1 decision, as senior captain Christopher Gladden and junior John Oxner were stymied by Michael Owen and Cooper Bradshaw 6-2.
- However, Marist secured the doubles point from the third flight, as junior Piotr Sowinski and sophomore Jack Sequerth conquered Chunyu Chen and Guillermo Torres 6-4.
- Giribet Lopez began with a convincing 6-1, 6-1 win over Chen in the third flight.
- Bucknell got on the board when Abaza snapped Schouten's singles winning streak with a 6-2, 6-4 decision in the top flight.
- In the No. 5 singles, Sowinski fell behind Jurist 4-6 in the first set, but rebounded with 6-3, 6-1 scores in the second and third sets to take his match.
- Oxner clinched the match for Marist with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Bradshaw from the fourth position.
- Gladden (No. 2) and sophomore Augusto Gonzalez Bonorino (No. 6) were winning their matches when the Red Foxes clinched the match, leaving their battles unfinished.
"It was a great weekend as we won again on the road in a raucous environment. We were able to win the doubles point on excellent play at two and three, and then Nestor got us started in singles with superb play at the three-spot. Both Ox and Piotr were down a set at four and five respectively, but both showed great concentration and willpower to secure the wins at both spots. Overall, these were quite a successful two days for the men." – Director of Tennis
Gary Sussman
- Marist squares off with Lafayette in Schenectady, NY on Sunday, March 1 at Noon.
