Box Score FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The Sacred Heart men's tennis team opened MAAC play with a thrilling 4-3 win over Rider. 
 
Enrique Laennec-Baffrey and Antoine Hernandez were both three-set winners in singles for the Pioneers. Hernandez won a third-set tiebreaker 7-5 to win his match.  
 
Victories from the doubles teams of Hernandez and Paul Goncalves and Connor Liona and Brennan Hart-Nova earned SHU a point. 
 
Sacred Heart improved to 3-4 this spring with the win. 
 
NEXT UP 
 
The Pioneers host Hofstra next Saturday at 5:30 p.m. 
 
SHU 4, Rider 3 
 
Doubles 
1. Matteus Froberg Dahlin/Cole Thurgur (Rid) vs. Matyas Vencl/ Enrique Laennec-Baffrey (SHU) 4-3 DNF 
2. Antoine Hernandez/Paul Goncalves (SHU) def. Dhruv Tangri/Cooper Dillon 6-2 
3. Connor Liona/Brennan Hart-Nova (SHU) def. Nathan Slattery/Dylan Lachmanen (Rid) 6-2 
 
Singles 
1. Dhruv Tangri (Rid) def. Matyas Vencl (SHU) 6-3, 6-3 
2. Enrique Laennec-Baffrey (SHU) def. Matteus Froberg Dahlin (Rid.) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 
3. Antoine Hernandez (SHU) def. Nathan Slattery (Rid.) 6-7(3), 6-1, 7-6 (5) 
4. Cole Thurgur (Rid) def. Paul Goncalves (SHU) 6-2, 6-1 
5. Lucca Lafrance (SHU) def. Axel Engstrom (Rid.) 6-3, 6-4 
6. Matthew Griscti (Rid.) def. Arya Alla (SHU) 6-2, 4-6 (10-7)