SCHENECTADY, New York – For the third time since the start of the 2019 calendar year, Marist Men's Tennis is on a four-match winning streak after sweeping Lafayette 7-0 on Sunday afternoon at the Tri-City Fitness Club.
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The Red Foxes improve to 5-1 in dual matches this season, while the Leopards fall to 1-7.
- Marist swept the doubles point, starting with senior captain Lars Schouten and junior Nestor Giribet Lopez winning their fourth-straight No. 2 doubles match. The pair bested Daniel Kramer and Charles Keller 6-1.
- Junior Piotr Sowinski and sophomore Jack Sequerth followed that up with a 6-2, third flight win over Josh Wolfe and Ross Coleman.
- In the first position, senior captain Christopher Gladden and junior John Oxner fended off John Yurconic and William Barry 7-5.
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- Schouten continued to roll in the top billing, beating Barry 6-2, 6-2.
- In the second flight, Giribet Lopez defeated Yurconic 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).
- Oxner cruised in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, over Kramer from the third spot.
- The only match tiebreak in singles play came at No. 4, where Sowinski outlasted Wolfe 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 11-9.
- Sophomore Augusto Gonzalez Bonorino nabbed his first Marist win in the fifth position by taking down Keller 6-1, 6-1.
- Playing in his first dual match since October 13, sophomore Kian Yazdi cruised past Coleman 6-0, 6-2.
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"This was a magnificent team effort. Chris fell ill during doubles, so we had to move all our singles except Lars up one spot, and Kian moved into the sixth slot. John set the tone with a dominating win at No. 3. We were able to record straight set wins at one, two, five, and six, and Piotr once again refused to lose, winning a match tiebreak 11-9 at No. 4.  The guys were focused, and it showed on the scoreboard." – Director of Tennis
Gary Sussman
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- Marist prepares for its first home dual match of the 2019-20 season, welcoming UConn to the Cross Court Tennis Facility on Sunday, March 8 at 4:15 p.m.
