FAIRFIELD, CT – The Monmouth University men's tennis team won its sixth consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Regular Season Championship on Sunday, defeating Fairfield, 5-2.
 
The Hawks won the doubles point with wins at all three positions.
 
In singles play, Monmouth got wins from Max Benaim at No. 2, Victor Castro at No. 3, Lucca Silva at No. 4, and Gabriel Busato at No. 6.
 
Monmouth improves to 11-2 (5-0 MAAC) on the season, and has won ten straight matches. The Blue & White have also won 27 straight regular season MAAC contests.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
 
Monmouth 5, Fairfield 2
4/18/2021 at Fairfield, Conn.
 
Singles competition
1. Kaya Gore (FFD) def. Cooke Wharton, Will (MU-M) 6-2, 6-4
2. Benaim, Max (MU-M) def. Stathis Tsiranidis (FFD) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)
3. Castro, Victor (MU-M) def. J. Olive-Blanco (FFD) 6-1, 7-5
4. Silva, Lucca (MU-M) def. Lewis Edwards (FFD) 6-4, 6-2
5. Keean Shah (FFD) def. Martinez, Sergio (MU-M) 7-6 (6-4), 6-2
6. Busato, Gabriel (MU-M) def. Griffin Schlesinger (FFD) 6-1, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. Benaim, Max/Martinez, Sergio (MU-M) def. Stathis Tsiranidis/Kaya Gore (FFD) 6-3
2. Castro, Victor/Silva, Lucca (MU-M) def. Keean Shah/J. Olive-Blanco (FFD) 7-5
3. Cooke Wharton, Will/Gortzounian, Charles (MU-M) def. Allan Magid/Lewis Edwards (FFD) 6-2
 
Match Notes
Monmouth 12-2, 5-0 MAAC
Fairfield 6-3, 4-1 MAAC
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,4,1,3,5,2)
 
UP NEXT
The No. 1 Hawks will face the No. 4 seed in the MAAC Semifinals next Saturday.