Box Score The Sacred Heart men's tennis team knocked off Marist 5-2 in a MAAC match.
Matyas Vencl and
Enrique Laennec-Baffrey earned the Pioneers the doubles point with a thrilling tiebreaker victory at No. 1.
Connor Liona and
Brennan Hart-Nova also won in doubles at No. 3.
In singles, SHU won four matches, including a hard-fought 7-6, 7-5 win from Laennec-Baffrey at No. 2.
Antoine Hernandez,
Lucca Lafrance and
Charlie Levinson were also singles winners. Hernandez rallied to win after dropping the first set.
The Pioneers improved to 4-7 overall and 2-2 in MAAC play with the victory.
WHAT'S NEXT
Sacred Heart takes a break from league play to host Colgate next Saturday at 5 p.m. at home.
Sacred Heart 5, Marist 2
Doubles
1.
Matyas Vencl/
Enrique Laennec-Baffrey (SHU) def. Ian Layton/Nick Suhanitski (Mar) 7-6(2)
2. Jose Catala/Gregor Heinemann (Mar.) def.
Paul Goncalves/
Antoine Hernandez (SHU) 6-4
3.
Connor Liona/
Brennan Hart-Nova (SHU) def. Augustin Damonte/Anirudh Nallaparaju (Mar.) 6-4
Singles
1. Jose Catala (Mar.) def.
Matyas Vencl (SHU) 6-1, 6-1
2.
Enrique Laennec-Baffrey (SHU) def. Gregor Heinemann (Mar.) 7-6(2), 7-5
3.
Antoine Hernandez (SHU) def. Nick Suhanitski (Mar) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Augustin Damonte (Mar.) def.
Paul Goncalves (SHU) 7-6(5), 6-1
5.
Lucca Lafrance (SHU) def. Anirudh Nallaparaju (Mar.) 7-6(3), 6-0
6.
Charlie Levinson (SHU) def. Ian Layton (Mar.) 6-3, 4-6 (11-9)