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The Monmouth University men’s tennis team defeated Rider 7-0, Sunday night, at the Little Silver Tennis Club. Monmouth will now face in-state rival NJIT, February 29 in Newark, NJ. Monmouth won all three doubles matches to take the doubles point before winning six singles matches to wrap up the 7-0 win.
The Hawks return to action on February 29 when they travel to Newark, NJ for a test against NJIT.
Ending the weekend on a high note! @MonmouthMTennis sweeps Rider to move to 7-1 this year. #FlyHawks pic.twitter.com/3gf1siBQNu — Monmouth Hawks (@MonmouthHawks) February 26, 2024
Men’s doubles:
1.
Mateo Bivol and Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) def. Stavros Hadjivarnava and Dhruv Tangri (RID) 6-3
2. Gabriel Berner and Adam Hillerby (MON) def. Jake Grimes and Nathan Slattery (RID) 6-2
3. Francisco Erramuspe and Christof Zeiler (MON) vs.
Cooper Dillon and A Turgambekov (RID) 6-4
Men’s singles:
1. Mateo Bivol (MON) def. Matteo Griscti (RID) 6-1, 6-1
2. Adam Hillerby (MON) def. Roger Martinez (RID) 6-4, 6-2
3. Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) def. Stavros Hadjivarnava (RID) 6-2, 6-3
4.
Diego Laporta (MON) def. Cooper Dillon (RID) 6-3, 6-2
5. Gabriel Busato (MON) def. To Turgambekov (RID) 6-0, 6-2
6. Yoav Weinberg (MON) def. Jaime de Jaraiz (RID) 6-3, 6-2
What had happened in the previous match
The Falcons lost their first match of the 2023-24 season, falling 4-3 to Delaware, Saturday afternoon at the Little Silver Tennis Club.
The Hawks fell to 6-1 head-to-head this season. Monmouth has had back-to-back wins at No. 2 (Adam Hillerby) and at no. 4 (Alex Martinez Sanz), also securing the doubles point.
Men’s doubles:
1. Karol Malirz and Javier Ruiz (DEL) def.
Mateo Bivol and Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) 6-4
2. Gabriel Berner and Adam Hillerby (MON) def. Tobey Lock and Euan Mackenzie (DEL) 7-5
3. Gabriel Busato and Diego Laporta (MON) def. Nikolaj Talimaa and Bernardo Teixeira (DEL) 7-6[7-4]
Men’s singles:
1.
Karol Malirz (DEL) def. Mateo Bivol (MON) 6-4, 6-3
2. Adam Hillerby (MON) def. Nikolaj Talimaa (DEL) 7-6 (4-), 6-4
3. Javier Ruiz (DEL) def. Gabriel Berner (MON) 6-0, 6-3
4. Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) def. Udayan Bhakar (DEL) 6-4, 6-4
5.
Tobey Lock (DEL) def. Diego Laporta (MON) 6-4, 6-2
6. Alexandre Gluck (DEL) def. Francisco Erramuspe (MON) 6-3, 6-2
