Monmouth Claims 2021 MAAC Men’s Tennis Championship Title
WEST WINDSOR, NJ (April 25, 2021) – The Monmouth Hawks Men’s Tennis program has claimed the 2021 MAAC Men’s Tennis Championship Title by defeating Fairfield University 4-2. The Hawks will advance to the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship.
Monmouth University (14-2, 5-0 MAAC) claimed their fifth consecutive MAAC Championship with their victory over Fairfield (6-4, 4-1 MAAC). The Hawks won the doubles points as they had victories from the pairings of Will Cooke Wharton and Charles Gortzounian and Victor Castro and Lucca Silva taking the games 6-4 and 7-5 respectively. Gabriel Busato would earn the Hawks’ second point of the match in the No. 6 spot defeating Griffin Schlesinger 6-1, 6-0. Fairfield’s Kaya Gore would strike back for the Stags and earn their first point as he defeated Cooke Wharton, 6-1, 6-3. Monmouth and Fairfield would then again trade single points as Castro defeated the Stags’ Jonathan Olive-Blanco, 7-6, 7-5 and Fairfield’s Lewis Edwards defeated Silva 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to bring the match to 3-2. Earning the championship point for the Hawks was Sergio Martinez as he defeated the Stags’ Keean Shah 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. Martinez’s effort would help him be named the 2021 MAAC Men’s Tennis Championship Most Outstanding player after the match.
The Hawks will automatically advance to the NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship tournament. Monmouth will find out their matchup and time on May 3 at 6:30 p.m. when the Men’s Tennis Selection show takes place at NCAA.com
For more information on the 2020-21 MAAC Tennis Championships, visit maacsports.com/tennis.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.