
Bobcats Ready for Four More Matches This Week in California
3/12/2019 1:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Quinnipiac vs. UC Irvine
Tuesday, March 12 | 5:00 PM ET/2:00 PM PDT
IRVINE, CA
Quinnipiac vs. Purdue
Wednesday, March 13 | 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PDT
IRVINE, CA
Quinnipiac vs. UC San Diego
Wednesday, March 13 | 6:00 PM ET/3:00 PM PDT
IRVINE, CA
Quinnipiac vs. UC Riverside
Friday, March 15 | 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PDT
RIVERSIDE, CA
Claremont, Calif. – Quinnipiac men's tennis is set for four more matches out in California this week, playing in one match on Tuesday (UC Irvine), two matches on Wednesday (Purdue, UC San Diego) and one match on Friday (UC Riverside).
LAST TIME OUT: at CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
Tuesday, March 12 | 5:00 PM ET/2:00 PM PDT
IRVINE, CA
Quinnipiac vs. Purdue
Wednesday, March 13 | 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PDT
IRVINE, CA
Quinnipiac vs. UC San Diego
Wednesday, March 13 | 6:00 PM ET/3:00 PM PDT
IRVINE, CA
Quinnipiac vs. UC Riverside
Friday, March 15 | 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PDT
RIVERSIDE, CA
Claremont, Calif. – Quinnipiac men's tennis is set for four more matches out in California this week, playing in one match on Tuesday (UC Irvine), two matches on Wednesday (Purdue, UC San Diego) and one match on Friday (UC Riverside).
LAST TIME OUT: at CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
- Quinnipiac men's tennis dropped a non-conference contest at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7-0, on Sunday afternoon.
- With the loss, the Bobcats fall to 4-5 on the season. Freddie Zaretsky won the first singles set for the Bobcats, taking the set 6-0.
- Heading in to the California trip, Quinnipiac men's tennis had won three of its last four matches. The Bobcats won all three on the road, including the program's first-ever win over Army in West Point on Feb. 23.
- The Bobcats are 2-0 so far this year in the MAAC, sweeping both Rider and Niagara by the final score of 7-0.
- Chris Pappas enters his fifth season as the head coach of the Quinnipiac men's tennis team in 2018-19, after three impressive seasons at the helm of the program. Pappas is a two-time MAAC Coach of the Year selection, and helped guide the Bobcats to a 17-4 record in league play during his first three seasons.
- In 2016-17, Pappas and the Bobcats won a program-record 16 contests. During that season, the Bobcats also claimed a share of their first MAAC Regular Season Championship in program history, and first overall regular season championship since the 2005-06 season when the Bobcats were in the NEC.
- The Bobcats were tabbed second in the 2019 MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, as announced by the conference office on Thursday, Jan. 17.
- The Bobcats, who received one first place vote in the poll, earned 42 total points. Quinnipiac finished just behind Monmouth, who earned 48 total points in the poll. Marist finished third, Fairfield fourth and Siena fifth in the preseason vote.
- Patrick Cachapero (Loma Linda, CA) returns for his junior season with the Bobcats after earning All-MAAC Second Team honors in No. 1 doubles in 2017-18. Cachapero, also a MAAC All-Academic Team selection, went 5-2 in singles and 4-1 in doubles during MAAC play last year.
- Hielke Moore (Fredericton, New Brunswick) was an All-MAAC Second Team selection for No. 6 singles as a freshman in 2017-18. He went 5-2 in singles, and 4-1 in doubles during MAAC action.
- Axel Stern (Tustin, CA) earned All-MAAC Second Team status as a sophomore in 2017-18. Stern, also an All-Academic honoree, went 6-1 in both singles and doubles during MAAC action. His 17 overall singles wins were the second-most on the team.
- Austin Yannone (Severna Park, MD) went 2-2 in singles and 4-2 in doubles during conference play last year. He was also named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Freddie Zaretsky (Fair Lawn, NJ) went 5-8 in singles and 9-7 in doubles last year as a junior. He went 2-0 during doubles action in MAAC play.
- Quinnipiac has added four newcomers to its 2018-19 roster. Jack Alexander, Alester Magalit, Aleksa Martinovic and Bryan Schick will all join the Bobcats as freshman this season.
- The Bobcats return to action on Tuesday, staying on the West Coast to face the University of California Irvine at 5:00 p.m. ET.
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