#5 MOUNT ST. MARY'S (6-14, 2-4 NEC) vs. #4 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (4-14, 2-3 NEC)
Friday, April 20, 9 am.
West Windsor, N.J. | Mercer County Tennis Center

NEC CHAMPIONSHIP HEADQUARTERS

NEC MEN'S BRACKET

2018 NEC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Friday, April 20, 9 a.m.
#1 Bryant - BYE
#2 Wagner vs. #7 St. Francis Brooklyn
#3 St. Francis Pa. vs. #6 Sacred Heart
#4 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. #5 Mount St. Mary's

Saturday, April 21, 9 a.m.
Semifinals

Sunday, April 22, 9 a.m.
Championship

MOUNT UPDATE
The Mountaineers dropped four matches in a row and five of their last seven to close out the regular season with an 6-14 overall record and 2-4 mark in Northeast Conference play. In the final match before the Northeast Conference (NEC) Tournament, the Pirate men swept the Mountaineer men 4-0 on Tuesday afternoon. The match was played match to clinch so the outcome was the first team to four points wins the match. Hampton took the early one point advantage from doubles competition by winning the number one and three flights. The pairing of Parth Sharma and Jean Armstrong grabbed the only doubles play win for the Mount, defeating Shirin and Odegbami 6-3. Brandon Wortkotter is still just two doubles victories away from tying the all-time winning doubles leader, Austin Blake. Wortkotter will look to do so in the upcoming NEC tournament. Since the Pirate men won the point from doubles, they only needed to capture three singles flight wins to win the whole match. Hampton won the third, fifth, and sixth flights to earn the overall match victory. Freshman, Jackson Wood broke the season record for most doubles wins with 23 and finished his first collegiate season tied for a team leading 17 singles flight wins. Wood is tied with fellow freshman, Parth Sharma, who also ended his first collegiate regular season with 17 singles flight wins. Brandon Wortkotter finished the regular season with 19 doubles wins and is just two wins away from tying the all-time doubles wins record.

TEAM LEADERS
Singles victories: Parth Sharma (17), Jackson Wood (17), Brandon Wortkotter (14)
Doubles victories: Wood (22), Wortkotter (18), Jean Armstrong (12)
Doubles teams: Wood/Wortkotter (16), Sharma/Evan Hine (7), Armstrong/Gabriel Santos (6)

ABOUT FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
The Fairleigh Dickinson men's tennis team (4-14, 2-3) finished its regular season schedule on Sunday night, dropping a non-conference bout to the Owls of Temple 7-0. Throughout the season, the Knights have been led by a balance attack. Niclas Pietsch paced the team with 15 singles wins, followed by Maciej Autuch who delivered 12 wins in singles. William Bourne is third with 11 wins in limited action, and Andris Gudins rounded out the Knights with 10 wins. In doubles, the pair of Adam Chan and Andris Gudins led the team with a 6-4 record in doubles.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Fairleigh Dickinson owns an 8-1 all-time record against Mount St. Mary's and have won the last eight meetings. The Knights won the most recent meeting 6-1, coming earlier this year. Jean Armstrong scored the Mount's lone point in the match while Wortkotter/Wood added the lone doubles victory.

LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
Mount St. Mary's earned the fifth seed in last year's NEC Tournament, and was defeated by four-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson, 4-0, in quarterfinal action. Bryant topped Fairleigh Dickinson in a 4-2 decision the following day in the semifinals. They met St. Francis U in the Championship the next day, where they won 4-1.

Quarterfinals
#2 SFU def. #7 SFBK, 4-0;
#3 WAG def. #6 SHU, 4-0;
#4 FDU def. #5 MSM, 4-1
Semifinals
#2 SFU def. #3 WAG, 4-1
#1 BRY def. #4 FDU, 4-2
Championship Match
#1 BRY def. #2 SFU, 4-1

TOURNEY SEEDS
The Mount earned the fifth seed in the NEC Tournament for the fourth time in program history since the championships moved to a team-flighted event in 1999.
No. 1 seed – N/A
No. 2 seed – one time (2005)
No. 3 seed – three times (2003, 2004, 2006)
No. 4 seed – three times (2012, 2013, 2015)
No. 5 seed – four times (2007, 2010, 2017, 2018)
No. 6 seed – six times (1999, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016)
No. 7 seed – N/A
No. 8 seed – N/A
No. 9 seed – N/A
No. 10 seed – three times (2000, 2001, 2002)