Westminster, Md. (April 5, 2023)--The Mount St. Mary's men's tennis team cruised to a 9-0 win at McDaniel on Wednesday afternoon. The Mountaineers swept all three doubles and all six singles matches in the win. The Mountaineers improve to 4-12 on the season with the victory.
In doubles play, the Mount's No. 1 tandem of
Filippos Zachiotis and
Jarrett Karnibad improved to 18-5 this season with an 8-1 win over Jake Kegley and Drew Rider. The pair are just one win shy of matching the Mount's single-season record of 19 wins set by Taylor Place and Thad Mostowtt in 2009-10.
Marcel Cronin and
Luke Papayoanou earned an 8-0 win at No. 2 doubles while
Oscar Castro and
Andrew Allen were 8-0 winners at the No. 3 spot. All three doubles matches counted for points.
In singles play, Zachiotis was a 6-1, 6-1 winner over Kegley at No. 1 with Karnibad downing Chris Spann, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 2. Cronin and Papayoanou each posted 6-0, 6-0 wins at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively. Allen won in straight sets at No. 5 singles with Castro also winning in straight sets at the No. 6 position.
The Mount returns to action on Wednesday, April 12, at Navy.