LITTLE SILVER, NJ – The Monmouth University men's tennis team wrapped up its Saturday night doubleheader with a victory, defeating Rider 6-1 at Little Silver Tennis Club.
 
The latter match of a doubleheader, Monmouth earned five of the six singles points and won three straight doubles matches over Rider. Monmouth defeated Holy Cross in the first match, by an identical score, to secure the sweep.
 
The team improved to 4-1 on the season after both wins. The Hawks are perfect against the Broncs all-time with 15 wins in 15 matches.
 
MATCH NOTES
 
Monmouth 6, Rider 1
2/11/2022 at Little Silver, NJ
 
Singles competition
1. Victor Castro (MON) def. Nathan Slattery (RID) 6-2, 6-2
2. Dhruv Tangri (RID) def. Lucca Silva (MON) 6-36-2
3. Alexander Zuckerman (MON) def. Roger Martinez (RID) 3-6, 6-2, (10-8)
4. Christof Zeiler (MON) def. Jake Grimes (RID) 6-0, 6-0
5. Diego Laporta (MON) def. Giacomo Ghitti (RID) 6-1, 6-1
6. Arthur Dussaubat (MON) def. Vishal Ganeshan (RID) 6-4, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. Gabriel Busato and Victor Castro (MON) def. Nathan Slattery and Dhruv Tangri (RID) 6-3
2. Dmitry Bezborodov and Alexander Zuckerman (MON) def. Stavros Hadjivarnava and Jake Grimes (RID) 6-3
3. Arthur Dussaubat and Christof Zeiler (MON) def. Pablo Salar Carrera and Jaime De Jaraiz (RID) 7-5
 
Team Records
Rider 3-5
Monmouth 4-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,5,2,1,6,3)
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will host Fairleigh Dickinson this Wednesday, February 15, at Little Silver Tennis Club. First serve is set for 9:30 p.m.