Men's Tennis | 9/16/2018 6:37:00 PM

Box Score RESULTS

PURCHASE, N.Y. — The Manhattanville College men's tennis program saw its first action in seven years this weekend, as the team started off the 2018-19 season at the King's College (Pa.) Invitational Sept. 15 and 16.

The team started off the tournament strong, as junior Juan Huertas (Bogotá, Colombia/La Salle (H.S.) (Calif.)) defeated Alexander Dove of Susquehanna University in the quarterfinal round of first singles (6-4, 6-3). Huertas then outlasted Tyler Millan of King's in the semifinal (5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7)) before falling in the final round to Tarquin McGurrin of the University of Scranton (7-6 (7-3), 6-2).

Sophomore Jan Senkerik (Zlin, Czech Republic/Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings (USPHL)) had a great outing as well, first defeating Austin Mackey of King's in the second singles quarterfinal round (6-3, 6-2), then taking out Jorey Ferraro of DeSales University in the semifinal (6-2, 6-4) before besting Alexander Ochalski of Scranton (6-3, 6-0) in the final.

Freshman Nick Schlapak (Dover, N.H./Dover) had a solid outing at third singles, but ultimately fell to Nick Falcone of Cabrini University in the quarterfinal (6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-2)). Junior Alex Fleischman (Riverside, Conn./King) took on Nicholas Meale of Susquehanna in the first round of the fourth singles flight, but dropped the match in straight sets (6-1, 6-4).

Freshman Dylan Crowley (Pelham, N.Y./Pelham Memorial) played well at fifth singles, defeating Scranton's Adrian Maggiani in straight sets of the first round (6-1, 6-0), but was defeated by Ryan Seibert of Susquehanna (6-1, 6-2) in the semis. Freshman Nick Bongiorno (Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai) battled Emil Vyskocil of Susquehanna in the first round of sixth singles, but fell in straight sets (6-1, 6-1).

In a play-in round, freshman Jaime Peredo (Uruapan, México/Instituto Morelos) defeated Ashton Collins of Susquehanna (4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3)) to earn a spot in the seventh singles quarterfinal round. There, Brahm Buoy of DeSales defeated Peredo, and freshman Dylan Mund (Washington Township, N.J./Westwood Regional) fell to Liam King of Scranton (6-0, 6-0).

The Valiants saw success in doubles competition as well. The first doubles team of Crowley and Senkerik defeated Rohan Patel and Naitik Butani of Marywood University in the quarterfinal round (8-0), and had a strong outing in the semifinal before falling to Vince Paetow and Charles LeMantia of Cabrini (8-6).

Huertas and Schlapak won their quarterfinal matchup in second doubles against Cameron Tuck and Owen Hegarty of King's (8-1), but dropped their second round matchup to Brian Harkins and Charles Swope of Scranton (8-4).

At third doubles, Fleischman and Bongiorno were unable to win their first match, as they fell to Meale and Vyskocil of Susquehanna (8-3). Bongiorno also participated in fourth doubles, teaming up with Mund. The two defeated King and Salvatore Sullivan of Scranton in a semifinal matchup (8-5), but fell in the final round to DeSales' Nolan Beck and Ahmad Kanan.

The Valiants return to action Wednesday, Sept. 19, when they face Scranton at the Manhattanville Tennis Courts starting at 4:00 p.m. It will be the first home match for Manhattanville since the 2011-12 season.