Saturday, January 19
North Haven, CT
5:30 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Binghamton University
Men's Tennis Hosts Binghamton to Open Spring Season
1/18/2019 2:40:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Quinnipiac vs. Binghamton
Saturday, Jan. 19 | 5:30 p.m.
North Haven Health and Racquet Club | North Haven, Conn.
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's tennis is set to open their spring season of the 2018-19 schedule this weekend as they host Binghamton at 5:30 p.m. at the North Haven Health and Racquet Club.
PRESEASON POLL
Saturday, Jan. 19 | 5:30 p.m.
North Haven Health and Racquet Club | North Haven, Conn.
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's tennis is set to open their spring season of the 2018-19 schedule this weekend as they host Binghamton at 5:30 p.m. at the North Haven Health and Racquet Club.
PRESEASON POLL
- Quinnipiac men's tennis was tabbed second in the 2019 MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, as announced by the conference office on Thursday, Jan. 17.
- The Bobcats, who received one first place vote in the poll, earned 42 total points. Quinnipiac finished just behind Monmouth, who earned 48 total points in the poll. Marist finished third, Fairfield fourth and Siena fifth in the preseason vote.
- The last action the Bobcats saw was at the CT State Championships back in November.
- Bryan Schick is now 6-3 in singles matches this fall as a freshman.
- Patrick Cachapero earned another singles win in the consolation title contest, moving to 5-4 so far this season.
- Jack Alexander won a singles contest in the backdraw finals, his fourth singles victory of the year.
- Alester Magalit and Austin Yannone both advanced to the final round of their respective flight in singles action, as both fell in the title contest on Sunday.
- The Bobcats won 17 total matches in the tournament, earning 14 wins in singles play and three victories in doubles.
- With the Day 2 win, Alester Magalit has a team-best 10 singles victories so far this season. The freshman has won five singles matches in Quinnipiac's past two tournaments. Magalit is 10-4 so far this season in singles action during his freshman season with the Bobcats.
- Austin Yannone has posted a 4-2 record in singles matches so far this season. The junior has recorded 21 wins so far in his collegiate career.
- Chris Pappas enters his fifth season as the head coach of the Quinnipiac men's tennis team in 2018-19, after three impressive seasons at the helm of the program. Pappas is a two-time MAAC Coach of the Year selection, and helped guide the Bobcats to a 17-4 record in league play during his first three seasons.
- In 2016-17, Pappas and the Bobcats won a program-record 16 contests. During that season, the Bobcats also claimed a share of their first MAAC Regular Season Championship in program history, and first overall regular season championship since the 2005-06 season when the Bobcats were in the NEC.
- Patrick Cachapero (Loma Linda, CA) returns for his junior season with the Bobcats after earning All-MAAC Second Team honors in No. 1 doubles in 2017-18. Cachapero, also a MAAC All-Academic Team selection, went 5-2 in singles and 4-1 in doubles during MAAC play last year.
- Hielke Moore (Fredericton, New Brunswick) was an All-MAAC Second Team selection for No. 6 singles as a freshman in 2017-18. He went 5-2 in singles, and 4-1 in doubles during MAAC action.
- Axel Stern (Tustin, CA) earned All-MAAC Second Team status as a sophomore in 2017-18. Stern, also an All-Academic honoree, went 6-1 in both singles and doubles during MAAC action. His 17 overall singles wins were the second-most on the team.
- Austin Yannone (Severna Park, MD) went 2-2 in singles and 4-2 in doubles during conference play last year. He was also named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Freddie Zaretsky (Fair Lawn, NJ) went 5-8 in singles and 9-7 in doubles last year as a junior. He went 2-0 during doubles action in MAAC play.
- Quinnipiac has added four newcomers to its 2018-19 roster. Jack Alexander, Alester Magalit, Aleksa Martinovic and Bryan Schick will all join the Bobcats as freshman this season.
- The Bobcats went 9-10 during the 2017-18 season, going 6-1 in MAAC play.
- Quinnipiac advanced to the semifinal round of the MAAC Tournament, falling vs. No. 3 Marist, 5-1, on April 28, 2018.
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