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Men's Tennis Rises To The Challenge at ITA East Regional Championships

Men's Tennis Rises To The Challenge at ITA East Regional Championships

FLUSHING, N.Y. (9/25/22) – Franklin Pierce men's tennis recently competed in the ITA East Regional Championships, where they saw mixed results through the first three rounds of both singles and doubles action.

Senior Alejandro Ortiz (Madrid, Spain) reached the furthest point into the tournament for the Ravens, advancing to the third round (R32) of singles competition.

Doubles Results

R64: Piekarek/Adler (Le Moyne) def. Hall/McLellan : 8-6

R64: Vincent/Smith (Post) def. Gordon/Arnold : 8-4

Singles Results
R128: Alejandro Ortiz def. Jayvan Williamson (Daemen): 8-2
R64: Alejandro Ortiz def. Afik Harari (Thomas Aquinas): 6-4, 4-6 (10-5)
R32: Marko Jovanovic (Adelphi) def. Alejandro Ortiz : 6-2, 6-1

R128: Preston Gordon def. Ivan Laiz (Thomas Aquinas): 8-4
R64: Louis Mangeon (U. District of Columbia) def. Preston Gordon : 6-4, 6-1

R128: Joshua Arnold def. Andy Gibson (Daemen): 8-1
R64: Odysseas Papaioannou (Thomas Aquinas) def. Joshua Arnold : 7-6 (6), 6-1

R128: Marcos Lee (Dominican-N.Y.) def. Paul McLellan : 8-4

R128: Ryan Brady (Assumption) def. Ethan Hall : 8-6

Men's tennis hits the road once more for a non-conference matchup on October 5th, where they will take on Colby College at 3PM.