Bobcats Back in Action at St. John's

Quinnipiac vs. St. John's
Saturday, Feb. 9 | 8:45 p.m.
National Tennis Center | New York, N.Y.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Quinnipiac men's tennis is back on the road this weekend, traveling to New York city to square off with St. John's on Saturday night.

LAST TIME OUT: vs. YALE

Patrick Cachapero and Alester Magalit picked up a doubles win for the Bobcats, as Quinnipiac men's tennis dropped a non-conference match vs. Yale, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon in New Haven.

PRESEASON POLL

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.

HEAD COACH CHRIS PAPPAS

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.

MARTINOVIC NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Freshman Aleksa Martinovic has been named MAAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Wednesday, Jan. 23.
Martinovic earned the program's lone singles win of the week on Saturday vs. Binghamton at the North Haven Raquet Club.
He now has nine singles wins in 2018-19, earning the Bobcats' first singles win of the spring season. The freshman downed freshman Dylan Friedman of Binghamton (6-3) in the second singles contest of the night to finish.

STORYLINES

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.

LAST 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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Players Mentioned

Jack Alexander

Patrick Cachapero

Alester Magalit

Aleksa Martinovic

Hielke Moore

Bryan Schick

Axel Stern

Austin Yannone

Freddie Zaretsky

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