West Windsor, N.J. (April 25, 2025)—No. 4 seed Mount St. Mary's saw its season come to an end with a 4-1 loss to No. 5 seed Niagara in the First Round of the 2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships at the Mercer County Tennis Center on Friday morning.  The Mountaineers finished the season with a 13-7 record.

Niagara (8-10) took the doubles point to grab the early 1-0 advantage in the match.  Trevor Masi and Jose Maria Garcia Uribe downed Ryan Wagner and Aaron Thompson, 6-2, at the No. 3 doubles position while Tanner Bedard and Vid Maric clipped the Mount's Akarsh Gaonkar and Alexi Roy, 6-4, at No. 1 doubles.  The Mount's Filippos Zachiotis and Lucas Evans led at No. 2 doubles, 5-3, when the match was clinched.

In singles play, Garcia Uribe downed Thompson, 6-3, 6-3, at the No. 5 position with Makkar downed Ryan Wagner, 6-0, 6-3, at No. 6 to give the Purple Eagles a 3-0 lead.  The Mount got a point back when Roy defeated Masi, 6-2, 7-5, at No. 2 singles.  The Purple Eagles clinched the match when Bedard downed Gaonkar in a second-set tiebreaker, 6-2, 7-6 (7-1).  Zachiotis led at No. 2 singles while Evans was trailing at No. 3 singles when their matches were stopped.

NOTES: 

• The Mount's 13 wins this season are the most by a Mountaineer team since the 2012-13 team went 15-7.
• The 13 wins are also tied for the fourth-most in a season since the Mountaineers moved to NCAA Division I in 1988-89.
• Zachiotis finishes his Mount career with 56 singles wins, fourth on the Mount's all-time career list.He added 66 career doubles wins, good for third all-time at the Mount.
• This was the Mount's first appearance at the MAAC Tennis Championships since joining the conference in 2022-23.
• Mount St. Mary's edged Niagara, 4-3, at home in the regular season matchup.

No. 5 Niagara 4, No. 4 Mount St. Mary's 1
MAAC Championships – First Round Match
Mercer County Tennis Center, West Windsor, N.J.

DOUBLES
No. 1:  Tanner Bedard/Vid Maric (NIA) def. Akarsh Gaonkar/Alexi Roy (MSM), 6-4
No. 2:  Filippos Zachiotis/Lucas Evans (MSM) led Gurustat Singh Makkar/Mikolaj Kowal (NIA), 5-3 unfinished
No. 3:  Trevor Masi/Jose Maria Garcia Uribe (NIA) def. Ryan Wagner/Aaron Thompson (MSM), 6-2

SINGLES
No. 1:  Bedard (NIA) def. Gaonkar (MSM), 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)
No. 2:  Roy (MSM) def. Masi (NIA), 6-2, 7-5
No. 3:  Zachiotis (MSM) led Maric (NIA), 6-2, 5-4 unfinished
No. 4:  Kowal (NIA) led Evans (MSM), 7-5, 2-2 unfinished
No. 5:  Garcia Uribe (NIA) def. Thompson (MSM), 6-3, 6-3
No. 6:  Makkar (NIA) def. Wagner (MSM), 6-0, 6-3