Niagara University, N.Y. (March 16, 2024)--The Mount St. Mary's men's tennis team opened Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play with a 7-0 loss at Niagara on Saturday afternoon.  The Mountaineers drop to 4-7 overall and 0-1 in the MAAC with the loss.

Niagara (6-2, 1-0 MAAC) took two of three doubles matches to earn the doubles point.  Tanner Bedard and Trevor Masi earned a 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles over the Mount's Victor Mignot and Elliot Stevens.  The Mount's pair of Marcel Cronin and Luke Papayoanou fell, 6-4, at No. 2 doubles before the Mount's No. 3 tandem of Jarrett Karnibad and Filippos Zachiotis won 6-4 over Vid Maric and Jose Maria Garcia.

In singles play, the Purple Eagles won all six matches to seal the win.  Zachiotis lost in a third-set tiebreaker to Masi, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 1-0 (10-5) to Masi at No. 2 singles while Akarsh Gaonkar lost in a third-set tiebreaker to Maric, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6) at No. 3 singles.

The Mount is back in action with a non-conference matchup at St. Bonaventure.

Niagara 7, Mount St. Mary's 0
DOUBLES
#1:  Travor Masi and Tanner Bedard (NU) def. Victor Mignot and Elliot Stevens (MSM), 6-1
#2:  Gurustat Makkar and Rohan Srivastava (NU) def. Marcel Cronin and Luke Papayoanou (MSM), 6-4
#3:  Jarrett Karnibad and Filippos Zachiots (MSM) def. Vid Maric and Jose Maria Garcia (NU), 6-4

SINGLES
#1:  Bedard (NU) def. Mignot (MSM), 6-1, 6-1
#2:  Masi (NU) def. Zachiotis (MSM), 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 1-0 (10-5)
#3:  Maric (NU) def. Akarsh Gaonkar (MSM), 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6)
#4:  Garcia (NU) def. Stevens (MSM), 6-2, 6-4
#5:  Makkar (NU) def. Karnibad (MSM), 6-1, 6-0
#6:  Manuel Alonso (NU) def. Papayoanou (MSM), 6-2, 6-3