STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (February 16, 2026) — Mount St. Mary's men's tennis dropped a tightly contested match at the CSI Tennis Courts on Saturday, falling in a narrow road decision to Wagner, 4-3. The Mount moves to 0-4 on the season.
Mount opened the match with a strong showing in doubles as Alexi Roy and Akarsh Gaonkar earned a 7-5 victory over Eddie Schmidt and Lukas Escher at No. 1 doubles while Stafanos Pournaropoulos and Nikos Makris had a 6-2 triumph at No. 2 doubles to secure the doubles point.
In singles play, the Mount earned two victories. Pournaropoulos secured a straight-sets win at No. 3 singles, defeating Tom Lamers 6-1, 6-3 while Ryan Wagner won at NO. 4 singles with one of the day's most competitive performances, rallying for a three-set win over Pablo Rodriguez Gonzalez. After dropping the opening set 6-1, Wagner edged the second set in a tiebreak, 7-6 (4), before closing out the match with a 6-3 third set.
Mount St. Mary's returns to action at Sacred Heart on Saturday, February 21, in the team's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) opener.
Box Score
Staten Island, N.Y. – CSI Tennis Courts
Doubles
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Alexi Roy / Akarsh Gaonkar (MSM) def. Eddie Schmidt / Lukas Escher (WAG), 7-5
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Nikos Makris / Stefanos Pournaropoulos (WAG) def. Gabriele Zugarelli / Joshua Zhao (MSM), 6-2
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Tom Lamers / Sebastian Dobson (WAG) def. Luke Papayoanou / Ryan Wagner (MSM), 6-2
Singles
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Eddie Schmidt (WAG) def. Akarsh Gaonkar (MSM), 6-3, 6-1
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Lukas Escher (WAG) def. Alexi Roy (MSM), 6-3, 6-4
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Stefanos Pournaropoulos (MSM) def. Tom Lamers (WAG), 6-1, 6-3
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Ryan Wagner (WAG) def. Pablo Rodriguez Gonzalez (MSM), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
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Vibhu Challagundla (WAG) def. Nikos Makris (MSM), 6-4, 6-4
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Joshua Zhao (WAG) def. Luke Papayoanou (MSM), 6-3, 6-2
