KINGS POINT, N.Y. – The Manhattanville University men's tennis team began its Skyline Conference slate on Saturday afternoon with a 6-3 victory at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. With the win, the Valiants improve to 2-3 overall on the season.

Things got off to a good start for the Valiants with Manhattanville taking two of the three doubles points. After Derwin Guzman (Bronx, N.Y./Frederick Douglass Academy) and Shiel Loganadan (New York, N.Y./Mary McDowell Friends) were defeated by Gabby Eitkis and Brent Mathews in the No. 2 flight, 5-8, the top pairing of James Hourihan (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) and Weston Goodwin (Freeport, Maine/Freeport) defeated RJ Novak and Connor McQuade 8-3 to tie the match up at a point apiece. All eyes turned to the last remaining contest on the No. 3 court as Carter Hunter-Crump (Denver, Colo./Centaurus) and Griffin Forberg (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield-Ludlowe) found themselves locked in a marathon with Patrick Novotny and Alex Lewis. The match would go to a tiebreaker, but the Valiants' No. 3 tandem edged out an 8-7 (7-2) victory to go into singles play up 2-1.

The Valiants got things done and secured the match win by earning the victory each of the bottom four singles flights. Guzman was the first to pick up the dub in the No. 5 showing, defeating Lewis 6-2, 6-2. Goodwin went on to best McQuade in the No. 3 matchup 6-1, 6-3, before Merchant struck back as Loganadan fell to Novak in No. 2 play, 4-6, 2-6. Hunter-Crump secured the match-winning point in the No. 6 position as he bested Lena Lewis 7-5, 6-4. Hourihan was turned away by Mathews in the top position 4-6, 3-6, before the day's action wrapped with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win for Forberg over Eitkis in No. 4 Singles.

Up Next
The Valiants host Baruch on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

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