Sunday, May 1
Mercer County Park Tennis Center - West Windsor, N.J.
10 AM
Quinnipiac University
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Monmouth University
QU Men's Tennis Falls in Heartbreaking MAAC Championship Match to Monmouth, 4-3
5/1/2016 2:22:00 PM | Men's Tennis
WEST WINDSOR, New Jersey – The Quinnipiac men's tennis team fell in a heartbreaker in the 2016 MAAC Men's Tennis Championship Game as Monmouth came back to defeat Quinnipiac, 4-3.
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The Bobcats were making their first ever MAAC Championship Game appearance as the loss snapped their six-match winning streak. The Bobcats complete their record breaking season with a program record 16 wins, going 16-8, while Monmouth improves to 12-9.
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Jonas Kuwert (Jesteberg, Germany) and Julian Rozenstein (Marlboro, New Jersey) led the Bobcats with two individual victories each.
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Kuwert finished his career with 99 career victories between his two years at Old Dominion and two years at Quinnipiac. This season, Kuwert compiled new career-highs with 33 wins, 17 singles wins and 16 doubles wins.
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Rozenstein tied the program record for singles wins in a single season with 24 as he went 24-9 in singles play 11-9 in doubles for 35 total wins.
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It was a crazy match between the two teams as the Bobcats jumped out to a 3-0 lead but the Hawks chipped their way back. With the match tied 3-3, Luke Roser (Bernardsville, New Jersey) and Christian Vieira battled into a third set tiebreaker. After the lengthy tiebreaker, Vieira pulled ahead to win 11-9 and clinched the MAAC title for Monmouth
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Quinnipiac started off the match taking the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead. Rozenstein and Ryoma Haraguchi (New York, New York) paired up once again at No. 3 doubles to defeat Vieira and Alberto Giuffrida easily, 6-1. Monmouth even up the doubles point at No. 2 doubles as Vidit Vaghela and Ale Gomez teamed up to beat Roser and Kei Ezaka (Ojai, California), 6-2. Kuwert and Freddie Zaretsky (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) clinched the doubles point for the Bobcats at No. 1 doubles with a 6-4 win over Przemyslaw Filipek.
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The Bobcats took the first two singles match to claim a 3-0 lead. Kuwert was the first Bobcat done at No. 4 singles as he cruised past Gomez, 6-3, 6-4. Rozenstein finished shortly after Kuwert at No. 3 singles, picking up the 6-3, 6-4 win.
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From there, Monmouth took the next four singles matches. Giuffrida defeated Haraguchi 6-3, 6-2 at No. 6 singles to make it 3-1 before Zaretsky went down at No. 2 singles to Filipek, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (4). Vaghela came back to defeat Ezaka in three sets 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 to even the score, 3-3. Roser and Vieira battled with all eyes on court five in the thrilling finish.
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Doubles:
No. 1 – Kuwert/Zaretsky (QU) def. Filipek/Pipoli (MON): 6-4
No. 2 – Vaghela/Gomez (MON) def. Roser/Ezaka (QU): 6-2
No. 3 – Rozenstein/Haraguchi (QU) def. Vieira/Giuffrida (MON): 6-1
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Singles:
No. 1 – Vaghela (MON) def. Ezaka (QU): 5-7, 6-4, 6-0
No. 2 – Filipek (MON) def. Zaretsky (QU): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4)
No. 3 – Rozenstein (QU) def. Pipoli (MON): 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 – Kuwert (QU) def. Gomez (MON): 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 – Vieira (MON) def. Roser (QU): 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (9)
No. 6 – Giuffrida (MON) def. Haraguchi (QU): 6-3, 6-2
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The Bobcats were making their first ever MAAC Championship Game appearance as the loss snapped their six-match winning streak. The Bobcats complete their record breaking season with a program record 16 wins, going 16-8, while Monmouth improves to 12-9.
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Jonas Kuwert (Jesteberg, Germany) and Julian Rozenstein (Marlboro, New Jersey) led the Bobcats with two individual victories each.
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Kuwert finished his career with 99 career victories between his two years at Old Dominion and two years at Quinnipiac. This season, Kuwert compiled new career-highs with 33 wins, 17 singles wins and 16 doubles wins.
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Rozenstein tied the program record for singles wins in a single season with 24 as he went 24-9 in singles play 11-9 in doubles for 35 total wins.
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It was a crazy match between the two teams as the Bobcats jumped out to a 3-0 lead but the Hawks chipped their way back. With the match tied 3-3, Luke Roser (Bernardsville, New Jersey) and Christian Vieira battled into a third set tiebreaker. After the lengthy tiebreaker, Vieira pulled ahead to win 11-9 and clinched the MAAC title for Monmouth
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Quinnipiac started off the match taking the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead. Rozenstein and Ryoma Haraguchi (New York, New York) paired up once again at No. 3 doubles to defeat Vieira and Alberto Giuffrida easily, 6-1. Monmouth even up the doubles point at No. 2 doubles as Vidit Vaghela and Ale Gomez teamed up to beat Roser and Kei Ezaka (Ojai, California), 6-2. Kuwert and Freddie Zaretsky (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) clinched the doubles point for the Bobcats at No. 1 doubles with a 6-4 win over Przemyslaw Filipek.
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The Bobcats took the first two singles match to claim a 3-0 lead. Kuwert was the first Bobcat done at No. 4 singles as he cruised past Gomez, 6-3, 6-4. Rozenstein finished shortly after Kuwert at No. 3 singles, picking up the 6-3, 6-4 win.
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From there, Monmouth took the next four singles matches. Giuffrida defeated Haraguchi 6-3, 6-2 at No. 6 singles to make it 3-1 before Zaretsky went down at No. 2 singles to Filipek, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (4). Vaghela came back to defeat Ezaka in three sets 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 to even the score, 3-3. Roser and Vieira battled with all eyes on court five in the thrilling finish.
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Doubles:
No. 1 – Kuwert/Zaretsky (QU) def. Filipek/Pipoli (MON): 6-4
No. 2 – Vaghela/Gomez (MON) def. Roser/Ezaka (QU): 6-2
No. 3 – Rozenstein/Haraguchi (QU) def. Vieira/Giuffrida (MON): 6-1
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Singles:
No. 1 – Vaghela (MON) def. Ezaka (QU): 5-7, 6-4, 6-0
No. 2 – Filipek (MON) def. Zaretsky (QU): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4)
No. 3 – Rozenstein (QU) def. Pipoli (MON): 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 – Kuwert (QU) def. Gomez (MON): 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 – Vieira (MON) def. Roser (QU): 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (9)
No. 6 – Giuffrida (MON) def. Haraguchi (QU): 6-3, 6-2
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