Men's Tennis Begins Conference Play 3-0

Wednesday, March 20

West Point, NY

3:00 PM

Army West Point

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Men's Tennis Begins Conference Play 3-0

March 25, 2024 | Men's Tennis

WEST POINT, NY - Army West Point men's tennis (10-10, 3-0 Patriot League) won its first three Patriot League contests this past weekend, taking down Holy Cross (2-7, 1-3 Patriot League), Loyola Maryland (5-8, 1-1 Patriot League) and Lafayette (6-9, 0-2 Patriot League) from Lichtenberg Tennis Center. The three wins comes after suffering a midweek defeat to NJIT (13-3), as the Black Knights now sit atop the Patriot League standings at 3-0.

The Black Knights began the week with a midweek bout hosting No. 67 NJIT. After the Highlanders took the doubles point, Army battled back with Samuel Haikal (6-2, 2-6, 6-2) and Alan Ton (7-5, 6-1) picking up singles victories to eventually make it 3-2 in favor of the road side. However, the Highlanders were able to clinch the match with a third single win to post an eventual 4-2 win against the Black Knights.

Returning for the conference opener on Friday against Holy Cross, Army cruised to the doubles point with Ton and Marcus Sebastian winning 6-4 on court one while Jack Hanna and Daniel Choi won 6-3 at flight to put the Black Knights ahead. Jake Huarte began his perfect weekend with a flight two win (6-0, 6-1), as Daniel Zhou boasted a flight one triumph (6-4, 6-4). The match was the clinched with a final scoreline of 4-1 through Vishnu Bodavula, who tabbed a (6-4, 7-5) win at flight three.

Looking to keep its perfect conference mark intact, Army welcomed Loyola on Sunday morning for the first of two on the day. Huarte and Bodavula got a big win at court one to begin doubles, as Haikal and Michael Rooney then secured the pivotal doubles point as both duos saw a 6-3 victory. Ton had a quick (6-0, 6-1) victory at flight six to start for Army, as Huarte continued his dominance at flight two with a (6-3, 6-2) win. A 4-0 shutout was then clinched through Sebastian, who registered a flight five victory of 7-5, 6-1.

With a 3-0 weekend in the Patriot League in mind, Army once again collected the doubles point against Lafayette. Huarte and Rooney had a 6-0 win at flight two while Bodavula teamed up with Preston Achter for a 6-2 win on court three. Huarte then cruised to a (6-1, 6-1) singles win to improve to 3-0 on the weekend at flight two, as Daniel Choi won on court six by a score of (6-1, 6-0). A consecutive 4-0 sweep was then clinched by Haikal on court three with a 6-2, 7-5 triumph.

NJIT 4, Army 2
Doubles
1. Pablo Perez Ramos/Wil Jenkins (NJIT) def. Vishnu Bodavula/Jake Huarte (ARMY): 6-2
2. Alan Ton/Marcus Sebastian (ARMY) def. Oscar Callo von Platen/Pavel Petrov (NJIT): 6-4
3. Nejc Skorjanc/Severin Risan (NJIT) def. Michael Rooney/Samuel Haikal (ARMY): 6-4
Singles
1. Pablo Perez Ramos (NJIT) def. Daniel Zhou (ARMY): 6-4, 6-2
2. Wil Jenkins (NJIT) def. Jake Huarte (ARMY): 6-4, 7-6
3. Vishnu Bodavula (ARMY) DNF vs. Nejc Skorjanc (NJIT) 7-6, 4-5
4. Samuel Haikal (ARMY) def. Pavel Petrov (NJIT): 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
5. Oscar Callo von Platen (NJIT) def. Marcus Sebastian (ARMY): 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
6. Alan Ton (ARMY) def. Ashwin Kanetkar (NJIT): 7-5, 6-1

Holy Cross 1, Army 4
Doubles
1. Marcus Sebastian/Alan Ton (ARMY) def. Jeremy Clark/Henry Winiecki (HC): 6-4
2. Daniel Choi/Jack Hanna (ARMY) def. Alessandro Bizzarri/Declan O'Flynn (HC): 6-3
3. Preston Achter/Michael Rooney (ARMY) DNF vs. Matt Maggiacomo/Diego Tran Rosado (HC): 4-4
Singles
1. Daniel Zhou (ARMY) def. William Kelleher (HC): 6-4, 6-4
2. Jake Huarte (ARMY) def. Connor Nelson (HC): 6-0, 6-1
3. Vishnu Bodavula (ARMY) def. Teddy Callery (HC): 6-4, 7-5
4. Declan O'Flynn (HC) def. Marcus Sebastian (ARMY): 6-4, 6-2
5. Alan Ton (ARMY) DNF vs. Camilo Illanes (HC): 3-6, 5-5
6. Preston Achter (ARMY) DNF vs. Alessandro Bizzarri (HC): 6-4, 1-6, 1-3

Loyola Maryland 0, Army 4
Doubles
1. Jake Huarte/Vishnu Bodavula (ARMY) def. Nick Haggar/Oliver Davey (LOY): 6-3
2. Samuel Haikal/Michael Rooney (ARMY) def. George Cavo/Nick Lawliss (LOY): 6-3
3. Paul Roberts/Michael Zhang (ARMY) DNF vs. Matt Caradno/Cristian Pemueller (LOY): 5-3
Singles
1. Daniel Zhou (ARMY) DNF vs. Matt Cardano (LOY): 7-5, 1-0
2. Jake Huarte (ARMY) def. Nick Haggar (LOY): 6-3, 6-2
3. Vishnu Bodavula (ARMY) DNF vs. Oliver Davey (LOY): 6-4, 5-1
4. Samuel Haikal (ARMY) DNF vs. Nick Lawliss (LOY): 6-3, 4-4
5. Marcus Sebastian (ARMY) def. Ryan Boland (LOY): 7-5, 6-1
6. Alan Ton (ARMY) def. Dylan Koziol (LOY): 6-0, 6-1

Lafayette 0, Army 4
Doubles
1. Marcus Sebastian/Alan Ton (ARMY) DNF vs. Arman Ganchi/Nick McKenzie (LAF): 5-4
2. Jake Huarte/Michael Rooney (ARMY) def. Jake Magnusson/Ryan Burns (LAF): 6-0
3. Preston Achter/Vishnu Bodavula (ARMY) def. Sam Gelber/Darrin Lerner (LAF): 6-2
Singles
1. Daniel Zhou (ARMY) DNF vs. Arman Ganchi (LAF): 6-2, 5-5
2. Jake Huarte (ARMY) def. Jake Magnusson (LAF): 6-1, 6-1
3. Samuel Haikal (ARMY) def. Nick McKenzie (LAF): 6-2, 7-5
4. Marcus Sebastian (ARMY) DNF vs. Darrin Lerner (LAF): 7-5, 5-4
5. Jack Hanna (ARMY) DNF vs. Sam Gelber (LAF): 6-1, 5-3
6. Daniel Choi (ARMY) def. Ryan Burns (LAF): 6-1, 6-0

Army will head west for its next two matchups, taking on UC Irvine on Tuesday at 4:00 PM ET and Loyola Marymount on Wednesday at 1:00 PM ET.