The Monmouth University men’s tennis team defeated Queens College 6-1. The Hawks will travel to Princeton for their first road match of the spring season for a meeting with the Tigers next Saturday, February 25. As reported by the Monmouth University website, Monmouth improves to 6-1 on the season and will return to action next weekend when the team travels to Princeton.
Monmount earned straight-set wins at No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 5, and No. 6 singles and won two of three doubles matches to secure the doubles point.
Doubles
1. Charlie Penman and Niels Van Noord (MON) def. Lluis Miralles Miro and Kareem Rashad (QUE) 6-3
2.
Gabriel Busato and Victor Castro (MON) final. Lucas Demuth and Roni Rikkonen (QUE) 6-3
3. Moritz Borges and Cameron Henricy (QUE) final. Dmitry Bezborodov and Diego Laporta (MON) 6-4
Singles
1. Niels Van Noord (MON) final Cameron Henricy (QUE) 6-2, 6-2
2.
Dmitry Bezborodov (MON) final. Roni Rikkonen (QUE) 6-4, 7-5
3. Victor Castro (MON) def. Lucas Demuth (QUE) 6-1, 6-2
4. Mariano Bibiloni (QUE) final Alexander Zuckerman (MON) 6-3, 2-6, 10-8
5. Lucca Silva (MON) final Omar El Shehawey (QUE) 6-2, 6-1
6.
Arthur Dussaubat (MON) final. Lluis Miralles Miro (QUE) 6-2, 6-0
About Monmouth University
Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch in the state of New Jersey. Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became a university in 1995.
It currently has approximately 6,500 students and over 73% of faculty members hold a PhD or Master’s degree. The student-faculty ratio is 15:1. 44% of students live on campus. Monmouth University’s placement on the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking increased during the 2010s, moving from 76 in 2005 to 37 in 2012 and 30 in 2013 among regional universities in the Northern United States.
Despite moving up to the U.S. News & World Report ranking, however, Monmouth University did not appear on Forbes Magazine’s List of America’s Best Colleges until 2021. Monmouth University has held multiple academic symposia on the work of Bruce Springsteen and houses the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music.
Monmouth’s athletic teams are known as the Hawks. The Hawks compete as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The school had competed as a Division I (NCAA) school in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference from 2013 to 2023. Photo Credits: pic by Monmouth University website
