Saturday, April 27
WEST WINDSOR, NJ
2:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Marist College
Photo by: John Hassett
Men's Tennis Ready for MAAC Tournament This Weekend
4/25/2019 4:21:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Bobcats Make Postseason Appearance for Fifth Straight Year
Quinnipiac (8-12, 4-2 MAAC) at MAAC Tournament
Saturday, April 27 – Sunday, April 28
No. 3 Quinnipiac vs. No. 2 Marist
Saturday, April 27 | 2:00 PM
Mercer County Tennis Park | West Windsor Township, NJ
2019 MAAC Tennis Championships Program
WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, NJ – No. 3 Quinnipiac men's tennis begins postseason play on Saturday afternoon, squaring off with No. 2 Marist in the semifinal round of the MAAC Tournament at the Mercer County Tennis Park.
POSTSEASON HISTORY
LAST TIME OUT: vs. FAIRFIELD
Saturday, April 27 – Sunday, April 28
No. 3 Quinnipiac vs. No. 2 Marist
Saturday, April 27 | 2:00 PM
Mercer County Tennis Park | West Windsor Township, NJ
2019 MAAC Tennis Championships Program
WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, NJ – No. 3 Quinnipiac men's tennis begins postseason play on Saturday afternoon, squaring off with No. 2 Marist in the semifinal round of the MAAC Tournament at the Mercer County Tennis Park.
POSTSEASON HISTORY
- Quinnipiac will appear in the postseason tournament for the fifth straight season, as the Bobcats have gone to the MAAC Tournament in five of six seasons since joining the conference in 2013-14.
- The program has advanced to the MAAC Tournament championship game once already in 2015-16. The Bobcats were 6-1 in MAAC play that year, earning the No. 2 seed in the postseason tournament.
- The Bobcats have posted a winning conference record in each of the last five years, going 26-8 in regular season MAAC play since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Alester Magalit leads the Bobcats with 17 singles victories this season. He owns a 17-12 overall singles record in 2018-19.
- Hielke Moore has 15 singles wins, which ranks second on the team.
- Patrich Cachapero and Hielke Moore are an impressive 11-3 as a duo in doubles play, the most wins for any Quinnipiac pair so far this year.
- For full 2018-19 Quinnipiac men's tennis statistics, CLICK HERE.
LAST TIME OUT: vs. FAIRFIELD
- Quinnipiac men's tennis improved to 4-2 in the MAAC on April 16 in Hamden, earning a 5-2 victory over Fairfield in the Bobcats' regular-season finale in Hamden.
- Aleksa Martinovic, Hielke Moore and Patrick Cachapero all won in both singles and doubles play for Quinnipiac – who ends the regular season with eight wins.
- Patrick Cachapero earned his 11th victory, winning the second and third set to help the Bobcats clinch the victory in No. 5 singles.
- 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 18-4 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.
- 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.
- 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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