Men's Tennis Looks to Repeat at MAAC Championships

2025 MAAC Tennis Championships
West Windsor, N.J. | Mercer County Park Tennis Center
April 26-27, 2025

HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac Men's Tennis is looking to repeat in the MAAC Tennis Championships this weekend at the Mercer County Park Tennis Center.

The Bobcats finished the regular season 10-11 with a perfect 8-0 mark in league play, winning their first MAAC Regular Season Championship since joining the league in 2013-14. QU will face No. 5 Niagara, who won their quarterfinals match over No. 4 seed Mount St. Mary's 4-1, at 10:00 AM tomorrow morning. The Bobcats defeated Niagara 4-3 in the regular season with wins from Finn Burridge, Carlos Braun Simo, Elias Hoxha, and Alex Yang.

MEN'S TENNIS EARNS FOUR ALL-LEAGUE HONORS

Graduate student Daniel Velek and first year Elias Hoxha each were named to the All-MAAC Singles First Team, after each won the MAAC Player of the Week award this season.
Finn Burridge and Carlos Braun Simo each were named All-MAAC Second Team Singles, both getting their second All-MAAC nods in as many seasons at QU.
Between the four, they posted a combined MAAC record of 26-6, leading QU to their first outright MAAC regular season title.

BOBCATS DOWN FAIRFIELD, COMPLETE PERFECT REGULAR SEASON

After already clinching the MAAC regular season crown, QU was still able to take care of business at Fairfield, winning five singles matches.
Daniel Velek, Carlos Braun Simo, Elias Hoxha, and Vishal Prakash each won in straights sets while Finn Burridge won his match 6-3 in the third set.

ELIAS HOXHA NAMED MAAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Hoxha went 3-0 between singles and doubles, staying undefeated at 7-0 in singles.
On Saturday, Hoxha defeated Mount's Evans 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 singles after teaming up with Alex Yang to win their No. 2 doubles match over Mount 6-3.
Against Sacred Heart, Hoxha won his No. 4 singles match in three sets, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 and his doubles match went unfinished as the Bobcats had clinched the doubles point.

QU CLINCHES MAAC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP

QU swept Sacred Heart on Sunday evening 7-0 to clinch the regular season championship.
It is QU's first outright regular season championship since joining the MAAC.
It's seven wins are program record since joining the MAAC.
Daniel Velek improved to 5-2 in MAAC play, giving him a career record of 11-2 at No. 1 singles.

BOBCATS DEFEAT MOUNT ON SENIOR DAY

QU took the doubles point with wins from Finn Burridge / Carlos Braun Simo and Elias Hoxha / Alex Yang.
Velek, Hoxha, Prakash, and Yang each won their singles matches in straight sets to clinch the win for QU.

VELEK WINS SECOND CONSECUTIVE MAAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Velek went 2-0 for QU over the weekend, helping propel them to a 5-2 win over Siena.
Velek first teamed up James Lorenzetti and won their No. 2 singles match over Siena's Breen and Varella 6-2. He then won his No. 1 singles match over Martinez 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.

QU DEFEATS SIENA, STAYS UNBEATEN IN THE MAAC

Last Friday, QU defeated Siena 5-2 to move to 5-0 in the MAAC play.
QU got the doubles point on wins from Daniel Velek / James Lorenzetti and Elias Hoxha / Alex Yang while also winning four singles matches.
Velek fought back after losing his second set to win in three at No. 1 singles while Finn Burridge, Carlos Braun Simo, and Elias Hoxha each won dominantly in straight sets.

VELEK TABBED FOR TWO MAAC AWARDS

Graduate student Daniel Velek was tabbed for two MAAC awards on Wednesday afternoon, first being named Male Student-Athlete of the Week as well as MAAC Tennis Player of the Week.
He earned MAAC Tennis Player of the Week after going 3-1 between No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles, teaming up with James Lorenzetti.
In singles he defeated Merrimack's Gradski 6-4, 6-4 and Rider's Tangri, 6-2, 6-2. Velek and Lorenzetti's lone doubles win was 6-1 over Martinez and Thurgur of Rider.

MAAC WEEKEND SWEEP

QU defeated both Merrimack and Rider this past weekend to move to 4-0 in the MAAC.
The Bobcats defeated Merrimack 5-2 on singles wins from Daniel Velek, Carlos Braun Simo, Elias Hoxha, James Lorenzetti, and Alex Yang.
They topped Rider 4-3 on Sunday, getting singles wins from Daniel Velek, Finn Burridge, Elias Hoxha, and Alex Yang in straight sets.
Elias Hoxha and Alex Yang moved to 4-0 in MAAC singles play.

OUTDOOR WEEKEND SWEEP

Last weekend the Bobcats played their first outdoor matches, first traveling to play Marist, winning 5-2 to move 2-0 in the MAAC.
They then defeated LIU at home 4-3 on Sunday afternoon.
Alex Yang is currently on a three-match winning streak while James Lorenzetti and Daniel Velek have won their last four doubles matches.

BOBCATS GET SECOND WIN OF SEASON OVER COLGATE

The tandems of Finn Burridge / Carlos Braun Simo and Daniel Velek / James Lorenzetti each won their second consecutive doubles matches to clinch the doubles point for QU.
While Velek, Braun Simo, Elias Hoxha, and Alex Yang each won their singles matches as well.

LOSS AT ARMY

The doubles tandems of Finn Burridge and Carlos Braun Simo and Daniel Velek and James Lorenzetti each won their doubles matches to secure the doubles point for the Bobcats.
Though, Lorenzetti was the lone Bobcat to go 2-0 on the day, winning his No. 5 singles match.

FIRST MAAC WIN OVER NIAGARA

Despite dropping the doubles point, Finn Burridge, Carlos Braun Simo, Elias Hoxha, and Alex Yang each won their singles matches to secure a 1-0 start in MAAC play.

HOME LOSS TO BRYANT

James Lorenzetti and Elias Hoxha each won their matches in third set tiebreakers against Bryant.

TOUGH LOSS TO MONMOUTH

QU fell 4-1 to Monmouth at home last weekend, with their lone point coming in doubles.
The tandems of Elias Hoxha / Finn Burridge and Carlos Braun Simo / Alex Yang each won their doubles matches.
Four of six singles matches went three sets but it wouldn't be enough for the Bobcats.

IVY LEAGUE LOSSES

The Bobcats have fallen in each Ivy League matchup this season, getting swept by Brown, UPenn, and Harvard and losing 6-1 at Cornell and Dartmouth.
Alex Yang was the lone winner at Cornell, taking his first win as a Bobcat in straight sets.
Csanad Nyaradi won his No. 6 singled match at Dartmouth in straight sets.

LOSS AT ST. JOHN'S

Despite Daniel Velek and James Lorenzetti taking their match at No. 1 doubles, the Bobcats dropped the doubles point with Elias Hoxha and Finn Burridge falling in a tiebreaker in their match at No. 2 doubles.
Prior to the Red Storm clinching the win, Daniel Velek and Finn Burridge were able to win the first sets of their matches.

LOSSES TO NJIT AND PENN STATE

James Lorenzetti was the lone winner for the Bobcats over the weekend, taking the first set in his match at Penn State before his opponent retired.
Elias Hoxha and Finn Burridge were able to win their No. 3 doubles match against NJIT but it wouldn't be enough to take the doubles point.

ITA REGIONALS

Daniel Velek reached the Round of 16 in the fall ITA Regionals hosted by Harvard.
Yasha Laskin and Carl Sjoholm also reached the round of 16 in doubles before falling to a pair from Siena.

MAAC MASTERS TOURNAMENT

Finn Burridge and Carlos Braun Simo battled into the semifinals of the MAAC Masters Tournament in Hamden, Conn. two weeks ago.
Both members of the duo also reached the quarterfinal round in the singles draw.

FAIRFIELD INVITE

QU won 19 matches over the course of the weekend in Fairfield.
Elias Hoxha finished the tournament with five straight wins.

BROWN INVITE

The Bobcats won 11 matches over the two days last weekend.
Finn Burridge and James Lorenzetti both won their matches against Yale while Carlos Braun Simo, Csanad Nyaradi, and Elias Hoxha won their matches against Brown.
Finn Burridge / Carlos Braun Simo and Yasha Laskin / Csanad Nyaradi teamed up to win doubles matches over Brown.
Donovan Brown won both of his matches against Merrimack, including teaming up with Carl Sjoholm to win a doubles match.
Csanad Nyaradi and Elias Hoxha each won two singles matches.

DEFENDING MAAC CHAMPS

Quinnipiac men's tennis took home its first MAAC Championship in program history.
They defeated Fairfield 4-2 on April 21, 2024 to gain their first NCAA berth since 2010.
It was the fifth conference championship for the Bobcats overall, winning four in the NEC.
QU went 14-11 overall and 5-1 in the MAAC.

ALL-MAAC SELECTIONS

Daniel Velek, the defending MAAC Player of the Year, is returning for his final year in Hamden.
Carlos Braun Simo was Quinnipiac's other first team singles selection, while Finn Burridge and Donovan Brown each made All-MAAC Second Team.
Daniel Velek was also a first team doubles selection while Donovan Brown received a second team nod.

STRONG RETURNING GROUP

The defending MAAC champs return six of eight players from season ago.
Carlos Braun Simo, Donovan Brown, Finn Burridge, Yasha Laskin, Gaurav Mootha, Csanad Nyaradi, and Daniel Velek all return for the Bobcats.

THE NEWCOMERS

The Bobcats welcome four incoming First Years, Elias Hoxha, James Lorenzetti, Carl Sjoholm, Vishal Prakash.
They also welcome transfer Alex Yang from SMU.

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Carlos Braun Simo

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Elias Hoxha

Yasha Laskin

James Lorenzetti

Gaurav Mootha

Csanad Nyaradi

Vishal Prakash

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Daniel Velek

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