Monmouth University men's tennis team opened its 2023-24 Fall Season with two victories, against Rider and Lafayette. The Hawks started the day with a 7-0 win over Rider before blowing out the Leopards, 7-0, later in the afternoon.
The Hawks will now host Sacred Heart on Wednesday, September 27 at 12:30 pm.
For Monmouth, there are new student tennis players who made their debut, and they are: Mateo Bivol, Yoav Weinberg, Adam Hillerby, Gabriel Berner, Francisco Erramuspe and Alex Martinez Sanz.
Monmouth vs Rider 7-0
Men's Doubles competition 1. Mateo Bivol and Yoav Weinberg (MON) def. Jaime de Jaraiz and Giacomo Ghitti (RID) 6-1 2. Gabriel Busato and Diego Laporta (MON) def. Vishal Ganeshan and Dylan Lachmanen (RID) 6-2 3.
Adam Hillerby and Christof Zeiler (MON) def. Lucas Flotta and Elyad Oshnavie (RID) 5-3
Men's Singles competition 1. Mateo Bivol (MON) def. Matthew Griscti (RID) 6-2, 6-1 2. Gabriel Busato (MON) def. Giacomo Ghitti (RID) 6-1, 6-2 3.
Francisco Erramuspe (MON) def. Jaime de Jaraiz (RID) 6-1, 6-0 4. Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) def. Marcus Fredriksson (RID) 6-2, 6-1 5. Diego Laporta (MON) def. Elyad Oshnavie (RID) 6-2, 6-1 6. Christof Zeiler (MON) def. Jonathan Arbittier (RID) 6-2, 6-3
Monmouth 7, Lafayette 0
Men's Doubles competition 1.
Gabriel Busato and Diego Laporta (MON) def. Sam Gelber and R Burns (LAF) 6-0 2. Francisco Erramuspe and Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) vs. Arman Ganchi and Jake Magnusson (LAF) match was unfinished 3. Gabriel Berner and Christof Zeiler (MON) def.
Davis Esslinger and Nick McKenzie (LAF) 6-1
Men's Singles competition 1. Mateo Bivol (MON) def. Jake Magnusson (LAF) 7-5, 6-3 2. Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) def. D Lerner (LAF) 6-2, 3-6, 10-5 3. Francisco Erramuspe (MON) def. Arman Ganchi (LAF) 5-7, 6-4, 12-10 4.
Gabriel Berner (MON) def. Nick McKenzie (LAF) 6-2, 6-2 5. Yoav Weinberg (MON) def. Sam Gelber (LAF) 6-3, 6-2 6. Adam Hillerby (MON) def. Davis Esslinger (LAF) 6-1, 6-4
About the Monmouth University
Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch in the state of New Jersey.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became a university in 1995.
It currently has approximately 6,500 students and over 73% of faculty members hold a PhD or Master's degree. The student-faculty ratio is 15:1. 44% of students live on campus.Monmouth University's placement on the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking increased during the 2010s, moving from 76 in 2005 to 37 in 2012 and 30 in 2013 among regional universities in the Northern United States.Despite moving up to the U.S.
News & World Report ranking, however, Monmouth University did not appear on Forbes Magazine's List of America's Best Colleges until 2021. Monmouth University has held multiple academic symposia on the work of Bruce Springsteen and houses the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music.Monmouth's athletic teams are known as the Hawks.
The Hawks compete as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The school had competed as a Division I (NCAA) school in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference from 2013 to 2023.