
Bobcats Hit the Road for Niagara/Buffalo This Weekend
2/15/2019 3:40:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Quinnipiac vs. Niagara
Saturday, Feb. 16 | 7:00 p.m.
Williamsville, N.Y.
Quinnipiac vs. Buffalo
Sunday, Feb. 17 | 11:00 a.m.
Williamsville, N.Y.
WILLIAMSVILLE, New York – Quinnipiac men's tennis hits the road to open its spring portion of the MAAC schedule when it takes on Niagara on Saturday night. The team will then take on Buffalo in non-conference action on Sunday morning.
The Bobcats currently sit at 1-0 in the MAAC. They took on Rider in the fall portion of their schedule, winning 7-0.
Last Time Out: vs. ST. JOHN'S
Saturday, Feb. 16 | 7:00 p.m.
Williamsville, N.Y.
Quinnipiac vs. Buffalo
Sunday, Feb. 17 | 11:00 a.m.
Williamsville, N.Y.
WILLIAMSVILLE, New York – Quinnipiac men's tennis hits the road to open its spring portion of the MAAC schedule when it takes on Niagara on Saturday night. The team will then take on Buffalo in non-conference action on Sunday morning.
The Bobcats currently sit at 1-0 in the MAAC. They took on Rider in the fall portion of their schedule, winning 7-0.
Last Time Out: vs. ST. JOHN'S
- Patrick Cachapero and Hielke Moore helped the Bobcats earn a win in doubles action, as Quinnipiac men's tennis fell, 5-0.
- Patrick Cachapero has now earned two doubles wins in the last two events for Quinnipiac, while Moore earned his first win of the spring season.
- The Bobcats were 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.
- 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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