PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville University men's tennis team begin postseason play as the No. 2 Valiants host the No. 3 United States Merchant Marine Academy in the Skyline Conference Championship Semifinals on Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m.
 
How We Got Here

The Valiants earned their fourth-straight tournament berth, claiming the second seed in the Skyline Conference Championship. They completed the season with a 9-0 win over Sarah Lawrence last week to improve to 9-4 overall and 5-1 in conference play. The trio of doubles teams blanked the Gryphons, 8-0. James Hourihan (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) won a 6-1, 6-0 match in the top flight as Weston Goodwin (Freeport, Maine/Freeport) took a 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2 singles. Shiel Loganadan (New York, N.Y./Mary McDowell Friends) came out victorious at No. 3 singles with a 6-1, 6-2 win, while Carter Hunter-Crump (Denver, Colo./Centaurus) earned a 6-1, 6-4 win in the No. 4 singles slot. Newcomers Thomas Hitchcock (New York, N.Y./Glenholme School) and Justin White (Brooklyn, N.Y./Mary McDowell Friends School) both secured their first collegiate wins at No. 5 and 6 singles.
Merchant Marine make their fourth-straight tournament appearance, earning the No. 3 seed in the Skyline Championship with a 4-2 conference record. The Mariners' pair of losses came from Manhattanville to begin the conference season and Farmingdale with a 9-0 loss midseason.
 
Last Time Out

Manhattanville went to Kings Point on Apr. 6 to begin conference play. The Valiants earned a 6-3 victory taking two of three doubles matches and going 4-2 in the singles flights. The full scores from the match are below:

Doubles

• Hourihan/ Weston def. Novak/McQuade, 8-3
• Guzman/Loganadan def. by Eitkis/Matthews, 5-8
• Hunter-Crump/Forberg def. Novotny/Lewis, 8-7 (7-2)

Singles

• Hourihan def. by Matthews, 4-6, 3-6
• Loganadan def. by Novak, 4-6, 2-6
• Goodwin def. McQuade, 6-1, 6-3
• Forberg def. Eitkis, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
• Guzman def. Lewis, 6-2, 6-2
• Hunter-Crump def. Lewis, 7-5, 6-4

 
 Leaders

Manhattanville

• Goodwin: 10-3 Singles, 9-4 Doubles
• Loganadan: 8-5 Singles, 8-5 Doubles
• Hunter-Crump: 8-4 Singles, 7-6 Doubles
• Forberg: 7-4 Singles, 8-5 Doubles

Merchant Marine

• Matthews: 7-3 Singles, 4-1 Doubles
• Novak: 7-2 Singles, 4-4 Doubles
• McQuade: 6-3 Singles, 4-4 Doubles
• Eitkis: 5-3 Singles, 4-1 Doubles

 
History

• All-Time Record vs USMMA: 16-13
• Streak: Manhattanville W5
• Series Record at Manhattanville: 9-8
• Last Five Meetings:
  • 4/6/2024: USMMA 3, Manhattanville 6
  • 4/27/2023: Manhattanville 5, USMMA 0
  • 3/28/2023: Manhattanville 7, USMMA 2
  • 5/5/2022: Manhattanville 5, USMMA 0
  • 4/16/2022: USMMA 3, Manhattanville 6

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