QU Men's Tennis Falls to Monmouth on Road in Regular Season Finale

Sunday, April 23

West Long Branch, NJ

2PM

Quinnipiac University

Monmouth University

QU Men's Tennis Falls to Monmouth on Road in Regular Season Finale

4/23/2017 7:41:00 PM | Men's Tennis

QU Men's Tennis Clinches No. 3 Seed in MAAC Tournament

By: QU Sports Information

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey - The Quinnipiac men's tennis team fell on the road to MAAC foe Monmouth in a 5-2 loss on Sunday, April 23.

With the loss, the Bobcats fall to 10-10 (5-2 MAAC), while Monmouth improved to 11-11 (7-0 MAAC). Despite suffering a loss, the Bobcats clinched the No. 3 seed in the MAAC Tournament and will take on No. 2 seed Marist in the semifinals.

Kei Ezaka (Ojai, California) and Julian Rozenstein (Marlboro, New Jersey) were the only Bobcats to earn a victory on the day.

The day began with the No. 3 doubles match where Kyle Alper (Dix Hills, New York) and Ezaka took on Christian Viera and Vikrant Dahiya, falling to the Monmouth duo, 6-2. Quinnipiac needed a win in the No. 1 doubles match to prevent Monmouth from taking the point, but Patrick Cachapero (Loma Linda, California) and Rozenstein narrowly fell to Przemyslaw Filipek and Ale Gomez Estrada, 7-6 (3). The Hawks secured the doubles sweep after Axel Stern (Tustin, California) and Austin Yannone (Severna Park, Maryland) fell to Nicola Pipoli and Alberto Giuffrida in a heavily contested match, 7-6 (2).

Monmouth held a 1-0 lead as singles play began with the No. 3 match, where Cachapero fell to Estrada, 6-2 and 6-1 in straight sets. Stern followed in the No. 4 singles match, falling to Viera in straight sets 6-1 and 6-1.

Monmouth secured the victory after Sergio Martinez defeated Yannone in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-2. Despite the loss, Quinnipiac closed strong, winning two of the last three matches.

Rozenstein defeated Filipek in three sets, taking the first 6-4, dropping the second 3-6, before closing strong in the third, 6-2. The win was Rozenstein's fifth in a row in singles play and keeps him undefeated in MAAC singles matches at 6-0.

Ezaka was able to earn a win over Pipoli in three sets as well. Ezaka took the first set, 7-6 (4) and dropped the second set, 5-7. However Ezaka bounced back and took the final set 10-4 to claim victory. The win was Ezaka's 143rd of his career, which is first all-time in program history.

The day closed with the No. 5 singles match, where Alper lost in a hard-fought three sets against Giuffrida. Alper took the first set 6-3, but dropped the final two, 6-3 and 6-3.

Quinnipiac will be back in action on Saturday, April 30, when it travels to Mercer Park in West Windsor, New Jersey to take on No. 2 Marist in the MAAC Tournament at 2 p.m.

SINGLES:

1. Kei Ezaka (QUI) def. Nicola Pipoli (MON) 7-6 (4), 5-7, 10-4

2. Julian Rozenstein (QUI) def. Przemyslaw Filipek (MON) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

3. Ale Gomez Estrada (MON) def. Patrick Cachapero (QUI) 6-2, 6-1

4. Christian Vieira (MON) def. Axel Stern (QUI) 6-1, 6-1

5. Alberto Giuffrida (MON) def. Kyle Alper (QUI) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

6. Sergio Martinez (MON) def. Austin Yannone (QUI) 6-3, 6-2

DOUBLES:

1. Przemyslaw Filipek/Ale Gomez Estrada (MON) def. Patrick Cachapero/Julian Rozenstein (QUI) 7-6 (3)

2. Nicola Pipoli/Alberto Giuffrida (MON) def. Axel Stern/Austin Yannone (QUI) 7-6 (2)

3. Christian Vieira/Vikrant Dahiya (MON) def. Kei Ezaka/Kyle Alper (QUI) 6-2