Men’s Tennis Faces Rider in MAAC Semifinals, Seeks Third Straight Title

Saturday, April 25

Princeton, NJ

5:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Rider University

Men's Tennis on Sidelines vs Niagara (April 18, 2026 in Hamden, Conn.)

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Men’s Tennis Faces Rider in MAAC Semifinals, Seeks Third Straight Title

4/24/2026 9:51:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Quinnipiac vs Rider
April 25, 2026 | 5:00 PM
Princeton Racquet and Fieldhouse | Princeton, N.J.

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac men's tennis team seeks their third straight MAAC title as they open championship play against No. 2 Rider in the semifinals.

The Bobcats finished the regular season 8-11 overall and 5-3 in MAAC play, earning the No. 3 seed in the tournament.

Quinnipiac captured its first two MAAC titles during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons, defeating Rider 4-1 and Fairfield 4-2 in the championship matches to secure trips to the NCAA Tournament.

ALL-MAAC CATS

Carlos Braun Simo was named to the All-MAAC Singles First Team, posting a 7-1 record at No. 1 singles and winning the MAAC Player of the Week award three times this season.
The junior picked up his third All-MAAC singles honor in as many years, and second First Team selection.
Braun Simo also picked up Second Team Doubles with first-year partner Alessandro Sciacca, going 5-3 at No. 1 doubles.
Elias Hoxha earned his second All-MAAC singles honor after picking up five conference wins. Hoxha clinched a 4-3 victory over Fairfield to keep the Bobcats' postseason alive. The sophomore holds a 13-3 record in MAAC singles play.
Csanad Nyaradi and Vishal Prakash picked up their first doubles honors at No. 3 doubles, recording six straight wins in the MAAC after the first two were unfinished.
Seven Bobcats were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.

LAST TIME OUT

The Bobcats picked up back-to-back home wins against Fairfield and Niagara.
Carlos Braun Simo / Alessandro Sciacca earned their eighth doubles win of the season.
Csanad Nyaradi / Vishal Prakash picked up their ninth doubles win of the season and their seventh in eight matches.
Carlos Braun Simo improved to 11-4 in singles, winning seven of his last eight matches.
Elias Hoxha and Alessandro Sciacca each earned their eighth singles win of the season.
Prakash won his fifth singles match of the season.
Nyaradi picked up his sixth singles win of the season.
Finn Burridge earned his fourth singles win of the season.

ITA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The teams of Carlos Braun Simo / Elias Hoxha & Finn Burridge / Alessandro Sciacca each won their respective doubles matchups to advance to the round of 64.
Carlos Braun Simo won his main draw singles consolation match, defeating Ethan Chung (Yale): 7-5, 7-6 (9-7).

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