WEST WINDSOR, NJ – The No. 1 seed Monmouth University men's tennis team won its fifth consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) championship on Sunday, grinding out a 4-2 win over No. 2 Fairfield.
 
The Hawks won the doubles point with wins at No. 2 (Victor Castro and Lucca Silva) and No. 3 (Will Cooke Wharton and Charles Gortzounian).
 
Sophomore Gabriel Busato earned a quick 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 6 singles. Castro won a tight match at No. 3 singles, 7-6, 7-5.
 
Senior Sergio Martinez earned the clinching point for the Hawks with a comeback 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 5.
 
Monmouth improves to 14-2 on the season, and has won 12 straight matches. The Hawks will await their next opponent for the NCAA Tournament.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
 
Monmouth 4, Fairfield 2
4/25/2021 at West Windsor, NJ
 
Singles competition
1. Kaya Gore (FFD) def. Cooke Wharton, Will (MU-M) 6-1, 6-3
2. Benaim, Max (MU-M) vs. Stathis Tsiranidis (FFD) 6-1, 6-7, 4-5, unfinished
3. Castro, Victor (MU-M) def. J. Olive-Blanco (FFD) 7-6, 7-5
4. Lewis Edwards (FFD) def. Silva, Lucca (MU-M) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. Martinez, Sergio (MU-M) def. Keean Shah (FFD) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
6. Busato, Gabriel (MU-M) def. Griffin Schlesinger (FFD) 6-1, 6-0
 
Doubles competition
1. Benaim, Max/Martinez, Sergio (MU-M) vs. Stathis Tsiranidis/Kaya Gore (FFD) 5-5, unfinished
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) 6-4
 
Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (6,1,3,4,5)
 
UP NEXT
The DI NCAA Men's Tennis Selection Show is scheduled for Monday, May 3.