POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – After coming back from the doubles point loss, Marist Men's Tennis posted four wins in singles, including a clinching victory from freshman
Gabriel Castillo, to seal a 4-3 victory over Quinnipiac on Senior Day at Marist's Tennis Pavilion.
The Red Foxes improve to 2-0 in the win, while the Bobcats fall to 3-3 in MAAC play and 5-4-1 overall.
- Quinnipiac swept the doubles point.
- Castillo and junior Dylan Friedman fell short against Austin Yannone and Aleksa Martinovic in the top flight, 5-7.
- Seniors John Oxner and Nestor Giribet Lopez dropped a 2-6 decision to Ayato Arakaki and Kemal Karagozoglu in the second spot.
- In No. 3, senior Piotr Sowinski and junior Jack Sequerth couldn't overcome Patrick Cachapero Shaurya Sood, 3-6.
- Friedman dropped the first set to Alester Magalit in the top billing, but rallied to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
- After falling 1-6 in the first set, Oxner won 7-6 (7-4) in the second against Arakaki in No. 2 singles, but the visitor triumphed in the third set, 6-3.
- Castillo, who finished last in the affair, won a 7-5 battle in the first set, then came out on top of a second-set tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-3), over Karagozoglu in No. 3 singles.
- In the fourth position, Giribet Lopez cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Martinovic.
- Sowinski delivered a 6-2, 6-4 win in the fifth spot against Cachapero.
- No. 6 singles featured junior Augusto Gonzalez Bonorino fell to Sood, 1-6, 1-6.
"I told the men before the match that we were still mathematically alive, that we had something to play for against the (Bobcats). And it all came down to to our prized rookie,
Gabriel Castillo... We also had great energy playing in the friendly confines at Marist, which gave us the needed home court advantage. What an amazing three days." - Director of Tennis
Gary Sussman
- Before the match, the program honored Giribet Lopez, Oxner, and Sowinski for their final home matches of their careers.
- The MAAC will finalize the regular season standings the morning of Monday, April 19th.
- Currently, Marist (2-0 in the MAAC) is tied for fourth with Siena (2-3 in the MAAC) in conference wins. The top four teams make the 2021 MAAC Championships on April 24th-25th.
