Teaneck, NJ | Staten Island, NY - The Wagner men's tennis dropped its final two Northeast Conference (NEC) regular-season matches, falling 6-1 to FDU on Sunday and 4-1 to Mount St. Mary's on Monday morning.
The Seahawks, who will be the No. 8 seed in the upcoming NEC Tournament, will face the top-seed Bryant on Thursday, April 14 at the Mercer County Tennis Center in West Windsor, NJ.
Wagner - FDU Recap
- The Seahawks were in each doubles match but the Knights were able to outlast the Green & White in earning the first point of the match.
- At No. 1 doubles, the Wagner duo of Tejasvi Mehra and Omar Loutfy was edged out by Mehdi Dhouib and Niclas Pietsch, 6-5 (4-0).
- Odeda Arazza and Rodrigo Perez couldn't overcome an early deficit, as the duo dropped a 6-4 decision to Younes Adnane and Justas Trainauskas.
- In the final doubles match of the afternoon, Karan Venkatramana and Lucas Darling forced two sets in their doubles match against Arjun Sriram and Moric Budinzsky as the Knights earned the sweep with a 6-2; 6-4 winner.
- Omar Loutfy withstood an early 6-2 first-set setback to defeat Pietsch, 6-3; 10-4 at No. 4 singles for Wagner's lone win of the day.
- Odeda Arazza took the first-set 7-6 (5-0) against Sriram at No. 3 single before dropping the next two; 6-1, 10-8.
- Jordan Hunte also went to three sets in his match against Budinszky at No. 5 singles, falling 2-6; 6-4; 8-10
Wagner-Mount Recap
- In the regular-season finale against the Mountaineers on Monday morning, the Seahawks nearly stole the doubles point.
- The tandem of Mehra and Loutfy bested Giovanni Abriola and Filippos Zachiotis, 6-3, at No. 1 singles.
- Russell Armstrong and Christos Dagklis defeated Perez/Arazza, 6-2, at No. 2 to set up the deciding match at No. 3.
- Venkatramana and Darling took on Jarrett Karnibad and Marcel Cronin at No. 3 and were pitted in a back-and-forth match until the Mount pair was able to seize control of the tempo and hold on for the 6-4 winner, giving the visitors the first point of the match.
- Zachiotis helped Mount go up 2-0 in the overall match with a 6-2; 6-4 winner at No. 2 before Karnibad made it 3-0 with a 6-3; 6-3 triumph at No. 4.
- Hunte scored the Seahawks' lone win of the afternoon, earning a 6-3; 6-1 victory over Cronin, at No. 5
- The Mountaineers close out the match with a 6-0; 6-3 win at No. 6.
