POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist Men's tennis team compiled 11 wins in both singles and doubles this weekend at the 2nd Annual Marist Invite, which was contested Friday and Saturday at the Marist Tennis Pavillion. The win total included eight singles victories and three double wins in matches played against players from Fordham, Army, Hofstra and Holy Cross.
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- Sophomore Paolo Flores led the win total with two singles wins and one doubles victory, and made the semifinals in the B flight in singles, as did freshman Alex Thompson.Â
- Grad student Christian Mills and sophomore Tomas Gomez both made the semifinals in the A flight, while Mills and senior Moritz Daxboeck advanced to the finals in the A doubles.Â
- Daxboeck also made the semifinals in singles in the C flight.
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"First off, my thanks to all of the support from the administration, operations, business and maintenance in making this week's tourney a success," Director of Tennis
Gary Sussman said. "On the court we had some very good wins and some tough losses, but overall I was pleased with the way the men competed and comported themselves over the two days. The fall is all about getting reps and building team chemistry, and I think we were successful on both fronts."
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- The Marist men's tennis team will wrap up its fall schedule of tournaments at the Yale Invite, hosted by Yale University in New Haven, CT on October 28th to the 30th.