ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The Marist University men's tennis team posted a 4-0 sweep of St. Bonaventure on Thursday afternoon, winning the doubles point and three straight singles matches to secure the road victory.
Marist opened the day with a clean sweep in doubles. Thomas Bevan and Nicholas Suhanitski earned a 6-3 win at No. 1, graduate student Jose Catala and sophomore Gregor Heinemann secured a 6-1 victory at No. 2, and sophomore Ian Layton and freshman Alejandro Abella Fernandez completed the sweep with a 6-3 win at No. 3.
In singles, Catala delivered a 6-2, 7-5 win at No. 1 to extend the lead. Abella Fernandez followed with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 2, and sophomore Anirudh Nallaparaju clinched the match with a 7-6, 6-0 win at No. 4.
Layton was competing at No. 3 when play was halted, and Heinemann and graduate student Dante Despontin's matches did not start after the Red Foxes secured the fourth point.
Doubles
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Bevan/Suhanitski (MAR) def. Cahill-Welsh/Turner (SBU) 6-3
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Catala/Heinemann (MAR) def. Kim/Matney (SBU) 6-1
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Layton/Abella Fernandez (MAR) def. Dhillon/Ollivierre (SBU) 6-3
Singles
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Jose Catala (MAR) def. Connor Turner (SBU) 6-2, 7-5
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Alejandro Abella Fernandez (MAR) def. Davis Matney (SBU) 6-3, 6-4
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Ian Layton (MAR) vs. Chase Cahill-Welsh (SBU) 6-7 (5), 3-5, DNF
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Anirudh Nallaparaju (MAR) def. Alex Kim (SBU) 7-6 (2), 6-0
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Dilraj Dhillon (SBU) vs. Gregor Heinemann (MAR) DNS
6. Arjun Pindiprolu (SBU) vs. Dante Despontin (MAR) DNS
- The Red Foxes return to action at Army West Point on Friday, March 6 at 4:00 p.m.
