Men's Tennis Facing Merrimack and Cornell

Quinnipiac vs. Merrimack College
Friday, March 15, 2024 | 2:00 PM
Mount Carmel Campus Outdoor Courts | Hamden, Conn.

Quinnipiac vs. Cornell University
Sunday, March 17, 2024 | 10:00 AM
Reis Tennis Center | Ithaca, N.Y.

HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's tennis is competing in two matches this upcoming weekend. They will host Merrimack on Friday, March 15 before heading up to Ithaca, N.Y. to play Cornell on Sunday morning.

SCOUTING MERRIMACK

Merrimack is 7-8 with wins over Saint Michael's, MIT, Stonehill, Eastern Nazarena, Wagner, and Franklin Pierce.
The Bobcats 2-0 versus Merrimack since 2022.

SCOUTING CORNELL

Cornell is 9-4 with wins over Niagara, Buffalo, St. John's, Le Moyne, Temple, Yale, Middle Tennessee, Hobart, and Michigan State.
Radu Papoe is 7-2 for the Big Red at No. 1 singles.
The Bobcats have never face Cornell.

THREE WINS IN A ROW OVER FORDHAM, HOLY CROSS, AND SACRED HEART

For the first this season the Bobcats won three matches a in a row.
They won the doubles point in each match, with the team of Daniel Velek and Shaurya Sood going 3-0 in their matches.
Daniel Velek went 5-0 in his matches over this week.
Ayato Arakaki and Finn Burridge each went 4-2 over the week.

CLOSE LOSS AT BROWN

On Sunday, March 3, QU fell to Brown 4-3.
Daniel Velek, Carlos Braun Simo, and Csanad Nyaradi each won their matches in straight sets.

LOSSES TO LIU AND ARMY

On Saturday, Feb. 24, the Bobcats lost a close battle with LIU.
Although they lost the doubles point, Shaurya Sood, Donovan Brown, and Finn Burridge each won their singles matches.
On Sunday, Feb. 25, QU lost 4-0 to Army.

LOSS AT MONMOUTH

QU fell 6-1 to Monmouth last Sunday afternoon.
Finn Burridge got the lone point for the Bobcats, winning his No. 6 singles match 3-6, 6-0, 7-6(2).

ROAD LOSS AT BRYANT

Daniel Velek and Finn Burridge were the only winners in the Bobcats 5-2 loss at Bryant on Saturday, Feb. 10.
Velek won his match in three sets after overcoming losing the first set.
Burridge won in straight sets at the No. 6 spot.

HOME WIN OVER SAINT MICHAEL'S

QU won in dominant fashion, 7-0 over Saint Michael's on Saturday, Feb. 3.
They won each doubles match, only dropping five total games.
The Bobcats also won every singles match while only dropping one set.

LOSS VERSUS TEMPLE

The Bobcats fell to Temple 5-2 on Friday, Feb. 2.
Daniel Velek was the lone singles winner, winning his match 6-4, 6-4.
QU also secured the doubles point with wins from Daniel Velek / Shaurya Sood and Finn Burridge / Csanad Nyaradi.

BRAUN SIMO NAMED MAAC TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

On Wednesday afternoon, First Year Carlos Braun Simo was named MAAC Tennis Player of the Week after a 3-1 weekend for the Bobcats.
The native of Munich, Germany has already won seven singles matches as a Bobcat.

LOSS AT YALE

On Sunday Jan. 28, the Bobcats fell to Yale University 6-1 at Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven.
The lone winner was Carlos Braun Simo at No. 4 singles. He defeated Walker Oberg of Yale, 6-1, 3-6, 12-10.

FIRST WIN OVER HOFSTRA

The Bobcats were able to rattle off four singles wins after dropping the doubles point in a 4-3 win over Hofstra on Saturday, Jan 27.
Daniel Velek, Ayato Arakaki, Carlos Braun Simo, and Donovan Brown each won in straight sets for the Bobcats.
The lone doubles winners were Finn Burridge and Carlos Braun Simo.

SEASON OPENING LOSS AT ST. JOHN'S

QU dropped its season opener at St. John's 7-0 on Wednesday, Jan. 24.
Although they didn't win the doubles point, Shaurya Sood and Daniel Velek won their match 6-3.
Graduate student Daniel Velek won the lone singles set for the Bobcats, taking the second set in his match 6-4.

#2 PRESEASON RANKING

The Bobcats were selected second in the MAAC preseason Coaches' Poll, receiving 43 points and two first-place votes.

FALL SEASON

QU played in three events in its fall season, finishing with an overall singles record of 23-15 and a doubles record of 14-13.
Shaurya Sood advanced to Round of 16 singles in the ITA Regionals at Yale before falling in straight sets.
Sood and Carlos Braun Simo each went 5-1 in singles in the fall.
The First Year doubles tandem of Finn Burridge and Carlos Braun Simo went 6-3 together in the fall.

LAST YEAR (2022-23)

The Bobcats went 10-10 overall during 2022-23 regular season, posting a 4-2 league record to earn a share of the MAAC regular season title under first-year Head Coach Bryan Adinolfi.
QU defeated Marist, 4-3, on April 16 to clinch the No. 2 seed in postseason action.

KARAGOZOGLU & SOOD EARN ALL-MAAC HONORS

Quinnipiac men's tennis student-athletes Kemal Karagozoglu and Shaurya Sood earned All-MAAC First Team status at No. 1 doubles, as revealed by the league office on Friday, April 21.
Karagozoglu and Sood helped lead the Bobcats with a perfect 6-0 record from the No. 1 doubles spot in MAAC play during the regular season. The duo went 12-3 together in total at No. 1 doubles.

2022-23 STATS/LEADERS

Five Bobcats reached 10+ singles wins this year, led by Donovan Brown (15-10 in 2022-23 singles matches). Brown and Csanad Nyaradi both went 4-2 in MAAC play.
Kemal Karagozoglu and Shaurya Sood went a perfect 6-0 in MAAC doubles action to earn All-League status.

NEWCOMERS

Carlos Braun Simo, Finn Burridge, Robert Daus and Daniel Velek are the four QU newcomers.

STRONG RETURNING GROUP

Ayato Arakaki, Donovan Brown, Yasha Laskin, Gaurav Mootha, Csanad Nyaradi, and Shaurya Sood will all return to the Bobcats ahead of the upcoming season.

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Ayato Arakaki

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Donovan Brown

Donovan Brown

Finn Burridge

Robert Daus

Kemal Karagozoglu

Yasha Laskin

Gaurav Mootha

Csanad Nyaradi

Csanad Nyaradi

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