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Bobcats Ready For Match at Marist on Wednesday
4/9/2019 11:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Quinnipiac vs. Marist
Wednesday, April 10 | 3:00 PM
Tennis Pavilion | Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Hamden, Conn – The Quinnipiac men's tennis team travels to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. on Wednesday to take on MAAC foe Marist. The match is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT: vs. Siena
Wednesday, April 10 | 3:00 PM
Tennis Pavilion | Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Hamden, Conn – The Quinnipiac men's tennis team travels to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. on Wednesday to take on MAAC foe Marist. The match is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT: vs. Siena
- The Bobcats topped Siena, 5-2, during their last match on Saturday, April 6 in Hamden.
- Freddie Zaretsky capped off his senior day by improving to 8-14 in singles matches this year, as he topped Siena's Baines in three sets.
- Martinovic and Stern now have seven total victories as a duo, Cachapero and Moore are 9-2 as a pair, and Zaretsky and Yannone have five doubles victories.
- Austin Yannone improved to 10-6 in singles play, topping Kirkwood in No. 6 singles play.
- Patrick Cachapero won his 10th singles match of 2018-19, earning a 6-1, 6-2 win over Menoza of Siena
- The Bobcats are 3-0 so far this year in the MAAC, sweeping both Rider and Niagara by the final score of 7-0, and defeating Siena by the final score of 6-1
- Alester Magalit leads the Bobcats with 16 singles victories this season. He owns a 16-12 overall singles record in 2018-19.
- Hielke Moore has 13 singles wins, which ranks second on the team.
- Patrich Cachapero and Hielke Moore are an impressive 9-2 as a duo in doubles play, the most wins for any Quinnipiac pair so far this year.
- 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.
- The Bobcats play their final non-conference game of the season as they welcome Bryant to Hamden on Sunday, April 13. The match is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
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