Monmouth University men’s tennis team beat Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon, at the Little Silver Tennis Club.
As reported by the Monmouth University website, the Hawks outscored the Crusaders 6-1 and improved to 3-1 on the season.
Monmouth had consecutive hits in all but one match and also secured the doubles point with a pair of wins.
Men’s doubles
1. Charlie Penman and Christof Zeiler (MON) v. Declan O’Flynn and Diego Tran Rosado (HC) 5-4
2. Dmitry Bezborodov and Diego Laporta (MON) final.
Connor Nelson and William Kelleher (HC) 6-1
3. Lucca Silva and Alexander Zuckerman (MON) final. Alessandro Bizzarri and Patrick Ling (HC) 6-4
Men’s singles
1. Dmitry Bezborodov (MON) final Jeremy Clark (HC) 6-1, 6-4
2. Charlie Penman (MON) def.
Connor Nelson (HC) 6-2, 6-3
3. Lucca Silva (MON) final Declan O’Flynn (HC) 6-3, 6-4
4. William Kelleher (HC) def. Gabriel Busato (MON) 7-5, 1-6, 11-9
5. Diego Laporta (MON) final Patrick Ling (HC) 6-3, 6-3
6. Arthur Dussaubat (MON) final.
Camilo Illanes (HC) 6-1, 6-3 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
