Men's Tennis Travels to Army on Saturday
2/22/2019 3:40:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Quinnipiac at Army
Saturday, Feb. 23 | 7:30 p.m.
Lichtenberg Tennis Center | West Point, N.Y.
WEST POINT, New York – Quinnipiac men's tennis travels to West Point this weekend, squaring off with Army at 7:30 p.m. at Lichtenberg Tennis Center.
LAST WEEKEND
Saturday, Feb. 23 | 7:30 p.m.
Lichtenberg Tennis Center | West Point, N.Y.
WEST POINT, New York – Quinnipiac men's tennis travels to West Point this weekend, squaring off with Army at 7:30 p.m. at Lichtenberg Tennis Center.
LAST WEEKEND
- The Bobcats stopped Niagara, 7-0, in MAAC play on Saturday, Feb. 16, then fell at Buffalo by the final score of 7-0 on Sunday, Feb. 17.
- With the win on Saturday, the Bobcats move to 2-3 (2-0 MAAC) so far in 2018-19. Quinnipiac is now 27-10 in regular season MAAC matches since joining the conference in 2013-14.
- Aleksa Martinovic has won two singles matches so far this spring for the Bobcats. He topped Binghamton's Friedman (6-4, 6-3) on Jan. 19.
- Patrick Cachapero now has three doubles wins in three spring events for the Bobcats. He's won twice with Hielke Moore, and once with Alester Magalait.
- Hielke Moore has two doubles wins this spring, while Alester Magalit and Axel Stern have one doubles victory.
- Freddie Zaretsky, Alester Magalit, Patrick Cachapero, Hielke Moore and Austin Yannone all won their first singles match of the spring for the Bobcats.
- 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.
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