Box Score

PURCHASE, N.Y. - The Manhattanville University men's tennis team opened conference play this afternoon at home. The Valiants competed against the United States Merchant Marine Academy which resulted in a un unfortunate runaway victory. The Mariners came out on top, 6-1. The Valiants now sit at 0-1 in conference play.  

Manhattanville and USMMA started off strong with two tightly contested doubles matches. Lev Uitterhoeve (Maastricht, The Netherlands/Porta Mosana College) and Mario Alcala (Madrid, Spain/Hoosac School) resided on the No. 1 court where they were downed by Connor McQuade and RJ Novak, 7-5. Derwin Guzman (Bronx, N.Y./Frederick Douglass Academy) partnered up with Dylan Von Brook (Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd) who got a taste of doubles play for the first time this season. The pair faced off against Aaron Zhao and Patrick Novotny. The Valiants took the match all the way to a tiebreaker where they came out on top, winning 7-3. With the limited team members, the Valiants still dropped the doubles point as they could not field a third court.  

The No. 5 and No. 4 courts concluded their matches first to open singles play. John Curtin (Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) finished his match first on the No. 5 flight dropping to Fredrich Buquel 6-0, 6-1. Von Brook took over on the fourth court as his score would reflect very similar to Curtin's losing 6-1, 6-0 to Zhao. With three more matches remaining USMMA had the upper hand leading 4-0 as the Valiants could not house a sixth team member on the No. 6 court. Uitterhoeve finished next as he contested the only point Manhattanville would see. Uitterhoeve took a powerful stance against McQuade defeating him 6-2, 6-1. His partner in crime, Alcala, finished next on the No. 3 flight where he conceded to Novak 6-2, 6-3. With one Valiant remaining, the Mariners stood strong leading 5-1 in the final moments. Guzman brought his match to a tiebreaker, fighting for each point to the very end. He took a hard hit the first set falling, 6-3. The following set proved to be a much harder fight as the contest came to 7-6 pushing to a tiebreaker. Guzman was ultimately taken down by Brent Mathews to close out the entire match.  

Up Next 

Manhattanville looks ahead to competing this Friday alongside the women's team once again. The two teams will face off against Bard at 2:00pm.

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