Men's Tennis Earns A 5-2 Conference Victory Over Mount St. Mary's On Wednesday Afternoon

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Staten Island, NY – The Wagner men's tennis team earned a 5-2 Northeast Conference (NEC) victory on Wednesday over the visiting Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers at the Wagner Tennis Courts.

With the win, the Seahawks improve to 10-8 overall and remain undefeated in conference matches, upping its record to 4-0. The Mountaineers fall to 6-11 on the season and 2-3 in league contests.

The Green & White were victorious in two of three doubles matches, earning the first point in the overall match. Sophomore Dylan Walters and junior Eric Poland got past Jean Armstrong and Gabriel Santos, 6-1, at No. 2.

The Mount rallied back at No. 1 doubles as the pairing of Jackson Wood and Brandon Wortkotter bested juniors Anatoliy Lashkul and Dale Sandy, 6-3, to even the match at 1-1. In the deciding doubles match, junior Ilya Kneppelhout and senior Charlton Boyd took on Part Sharma and Evan Hine. The contest needed to be settled in a tiebreaker round, as Kneppelhout/Boyd clinched the win, 7-6 (8-6).

Boyd increased Wagner's lead to 2-0 after he earned a 6-4; 6-0 triumph at No. 4 singles. For Boyd, the victory marked the 71st of his Seahawk career. The Shreveport, LA started at the No. 4 position for the first time since the 2015-2016 campaign, in which he recorded an 11-3 record that season.

Wortkotter got the visitors on the board at No. 2 as he defeated Hans Ohrner, 6-2; 6-4. Walters was able to edge Wood at No. 1, 3-6; 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, to give the Seahawks a 3-1 advantage in the match. Poland essentially clinched the match at No. 3 as he was able to get past Sharma, 6-4; 4-6; 7-6 (7-4).

Freshman Patricio Hernandez-Pons earned his first win at No. 6 as he defeated Chris Lindsey, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3). The Mountaineers took the final match of the afternoon, as Santos defeated Sandy, 5-7; 6-4; 10-5 at No. 5.

Wagner is scheduled to take on the Sacred Heart University Pioneers on Saturday, April 14, in New Haven, CT on the campus of Yale University. The conference tilt is slated for a 5:00 p.m. start.

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