MOUNT ST. MARY'S 4-9 (1-1 NEC) at ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN 3-10 (0-3 NEC)
Wednesday, March 28 | 1:00 PM
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
McCarren Park

MOUNT ST. MARY'S 4-9 (1-1 NEC) at WAGNER 6-5 (1-0 NEC)
Thursday, March 29 | 2:00 PM
Staten Island, NY
Wagner Tennis Courts

ABOUT THE MOUNT
The Mount St. Mary's men's tennis team topped Sacred Heart 4-3 in the Mount's second match in conference play. The Mountaineers took two out of three matches in doubles competition to earn the point advantage from doubles play. Brandon Wortkotter and Jackson Wood defeated Seiji Hosokowa and Derek Chapman 6-3 in the number one flight. In the second flight, Gabriel Santos and Jean Armstrong topped Byan Einstoss and Cory Seltman 6-3 for the second flight win for Mount St. Mary's.

The Mount and the Pioneers split singles play with three wins each so the one point advantage from doubles action was the decisive point in the match. Wood defeated Chapman 6-1, 6-4 in the number two spot for the Mountaineers' first singles point. Parth Sharma took the third flight from Einstoss 7-5, 6-0 for his 16th singles win of the season. Armstrong edged Seltman in the fourth flight 6-2, 6-7, and 6-3 for the match clinching point. Mount St. Mary's jumps to 4-9 on the year with a 1-1 mark in Northeast Conference (NEC) play and Sacred Heart falls to 3-9 with a 0-1 mark in NEC play.

TEAM LEADERS
Singles victories: Parth Sharma (16), Jackson Wood (14), Brandon Wortkotter (13)
Doubles victories: Wood (17), Wortkotter (13), Jean Armstrong (10)
Doubles teams: Wood/Wortkotter (11), Sharma/Evan Hine (6), Armstrong/Gabriel Santos

NEXT UP
The Mount return home for two mid-week matches on Tuesday, April 3 and Wednesday April 4. The Mount will take on Bucknell in a makeup game on Tuesday at 3:00 PM and Loyola on Wednesday at 3:30 PM.