NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. – The Marist University men's tennis team earned its fourth straight win with a 6-1 victory over Merrimack at Sportsplex New Windsor.

The Red Foxes improve to 10-5 overall and 5-0 in MAAC play.

Marist opened the match by securing the doubles point with wins on two courts. Senior Nick Suhanitski and junior Thomas Bevan earned a 6-2 victory at No. 1, while graduate student Jose Catala and sophomore Fateh Singh followed with a 6-1 win at No. 3. Sophomore Gregor Heinemann and sophomore Ian Layton led 5-4 at No. 2 before the match went unfinished.

The Red Foxes carried that momentum into singles, winning five of six matches. Catala led the way with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 1, while Layton followed with a 6-0, 6-3 victory at No. 2.

Freshman Alejandro Abella Fernandez added a 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 3, and Bevan secured a 6-2, 6-4 victory at No. 4. Freshman Brandon Ramos earned a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 6.

Graduate student Danté Despontin dropped a three-set match at No. 5, falling 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles

1. Suhanitski/Bevan (MAR) def. Wiggett/Schut (MC) 6-2
2. Heinemann/Layton (MAR) vs. Djukic/Portillo-Morales (MC) 5-4, unfinished
3. Catala/Singh (MAR) def. Hedegaard-Friis/Pleasant (MC) 6-1

Singles

1. Jose Catala (MAR) def. Van Nooten (MC) 6-3, 6-2
2. Ian Layton (MAR) def. Djukic (MC) 6-0, 6-3
3. Alejandro Abella Fernandez (MAR) def. Wiggett (MC) 6-4, 7-5
4. Thomas Bevan (MAR) def. Portillo-Morales (MC) 6-2, 6-4
5. Hedegaard-Friis (MC) def. Dante Despontin (MAR) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
6. Brandon Ramos (MAR) def. Pleasant (MC) 6-4, 6-2

• The Red Foxes are right back in action on Monday, April 6 against Siena at 7:15 p.m.