PRINCETON, NJ – The Monmouth University men's tennis team competed at the Farnsworth Invitational, hosted by Princeton University, this weekend. Sophomore Alberto Giuffrida (Catania, Italy/Lincoln) headlined the group, advancing to the Lenz Flight semifinals with a pair of hard-fought singles victories. 

Giuffrida defeated Fairleigh Dickinson's Salomon Koster, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, in the first round, before earning a 6-4, 6-4, win over Georgetown's Jordan Portner in the quarterfinals. His run was stopped in three sets by Princeton's Ben Tso, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, in the semifinals. 

Ale Gomez Estrada (Guayaquil, Ecuador/PERT) also picked up a main draw singles victory, defeating Lehigh's George Cooper, 6-0, 7-6, in the first round of the Cordish Flight. 

Gomez Estrada and Christian Vieira (Houston, TX/Memorial) led the Hawks in doubles play, reaching the B Flight semifinals. The duo defeated Marist's Dylan Fletcher and Lars Schouten, 8-4, in the quarterfinals before falling to Drexel's Sinan Orhon and Kashyap Ashok, 8-7, in the semifinals. 

The Hawks wrap up the fall portion of their schedule Oct. 20-25, when they take part in the ITA Northeast Regionals in Philadelphia. 

T1   Livi, Roberto (St. John's) def. Filipek, Przemyslaw (Monmouth) 6-4, 6-0

TC1  Filipek, Przemyslaw (Monmouth) def. Lampman, Sam (Army West Point) 6-2, 6-4

TCSF Beatty, Peter (Georgetown) def. Filipek, Przemyslaw (Monmouth) 6-7, 6-3, 15-13

N1   Lam, Marco (Georgetown) def. Pipoli, Nicola (Monmouth) 6-3, 6-4

NC1  Pipoli, Nicola (Monmouth) def. Petersen, Jack (Lehigh) 2-6, 7-6, 10-5

NCSF Conlin, Myles (Army West Point) def. Pipoli, Nicola (Monmouth), by forfeit

C1   Gomez Estrada, Ale (Monmouth) def. Cooper, George (Lehigh) 6-0, 7-6

CQF  Roberts, Davey (Princeton) def. Gomez Estrada, Ale (Monmouth) 6-1, 7-6

WQF  Lahlou, Youssef (Drexel) def. Vieira, Christian (Monmouth) 6-3, 6-4

L1   Giuffrida, Alberto (Monmouth) def. Koster, Salomon (Fairleigh Dickinson) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

LQF  Giuffrida, Alberto (Monmouth) def. Portner, Jordan (Georgetown) 6-4, 6-4

LSF  Tso, Ben (Princeton) def. Giuffrida, Alberto (Monmouth) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2

P1   Moreno, Carlos (Marist) def. Chen, Richard (Monmouth) 6-4, 6-2

PC1  Chen, Richard (Monmouth) def. Lehman, Graham (Lehigh) 6-3, 6-4

PCSF Chen, Richard (Monmouth) def. Subotic, Vuk (Drexel) 6-4, 7-5

PCF  Darrington, Max (Marist) def. Chen, Richard (Monmouth), by forfeit

A1   Holden, Payton/Colautti, Tom (Princeton) def. Filipek, Przemyslaw/Pipoli, Nicola (Monmouth) 8-1

BQF  Gomez Estrada, Ale/Vieira, Christian (Monmouth) def. Fletcher, Dylan/Schouten, Lars (Marist) 8-4

BSF  Orhon, Sinan/Ashok, Kashyap (Drexel) def. Gomez Estrada, Ale/Vieira, Christian (Monmouth) 8-7

B1   Giuffrida, Alberto/Chen, Richard (Monmouth) def. Conlin, Myles/Zheng, Daniel (Army West Point) 8-7

BQF  Wasserman, Jimmy/Yablon, Josh (Princeton) def. Giuffrida, Alberto/Chen, Richard (Monmouth) 8-6