Men's Tennis Opens Fall Season Hosting Army Shootout

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Men's Tennis Opens Fall Season Hosting Army Shootout

September 16, 2024 | Men's Tennis

WEST POINT, NY - Army West Point men's tennis opened up its fall season playing host to the Army Shootout this past weekend. The Black Knights welcomed Lehigh, Hofstra, Fairfield, Sacred Heart, Holy Cross and Stonehill to kick-off the new campaign.

Freshman Jackson Armistead, sophomore Marcus Sebastian and junior Daniel Choi each tabbed a 2-0 record in singles to pace the squad. Sebastian also picked up a pair of doubles victories with Alan Ton as Army's lone returning doubles partnership from 2023-24.

The full results of Army's matches across the weekend can be found below:

Singles
Army 3 vs. Lehigh 5
1. Jackson Armistead (ARMY) def. Marc Blekhman (LEH): 6-2, 6-3
2. Sean Jaeger (LEH) def. Vishnu Bodavula (ARMY): 6-2, 6-3
3. Jose Murariu (LEH) def. Alan Ton (ARMY): 6-3, 6-4
4. Ofer Hacohen (LEH) def. Matias Feoli (ARMY): 7-5, 6-2
5. Daniel Choi (ARMY) def. Jackson Morash (LEH): 2-6, 6-2, 10-5
6. Marcus Sebastian (ARMY) def. Victor Imanishi (LEH): 2-6, 6-4, 10-6
7. Benedict Horn-Bourque (LEH) def. Preston Achter (ARMY): 8-6
8. Wyeth Anzilotti (LEH) def. Michael Zhang (ARMY): 9-8 (8)

Army 6 vs. Fairfield 2
1. Vishnu Bodavula (ARMY) def. Sam Hodges (FFD) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-8)
2. Jackson Armistead (ARMY) def. Kostas Kollias (FFD) 6-2, 6-2
3. Alan Ton (ARMY) def. Kacper Krolikowski (FFD) 6-4, 6-4
4. Will O'Brien (FFD) def. Davis McDonald (ARMY) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (11-9)
5. Jack Hanna (ARMY) def. Luca Benaibbouche (FFD) 6-4, 7-5
6. Daniel Choi (ARMY) def. Calum Jessett (FFD) 6-1, 6-4
7. Marcus Sebastian (ARMY) def. Domagoj Stabek (FFD) 8-5
8. Zach Whittington (FFD) def. Preston Achter (ARMY) 8-7

Doubles
Army 2 vs. Stonehill 1
1. Alan Ton/Marcus Sebastian (ARMY) def. Jacob Borch-Nielsen/Nicolas Arredondo (SHC): 6-4
2. Davis McDonald/Matías Feoli (ARMY) def. Mark Kroll/Jacob Krefting (SHC) 6-4:
3. Alexis Chastang/Donovan Rodrigues (SHC) def. Preston Achter/Michael Zhang (ARMY): 7-6

Hofstra 2 vs. Army 1
1. Josh Reynolds/Kaita Odani (HOF) def. Alan Ton/Marcus Sebastian (ARMY): 6-3
2. Vincent Turina/Noa Forste-Dinell (HOF) def. Jackson Armistead/Daniel Choi (ARMY): 7-5
3. Vishnu Bodavula/Matías Feoli (ARMY) def. Maxim Michaels/Eñaut Garcia-Beitia (HOF): 7-6 (7-0)

Army 2 vs. Sacred Heart 1
1. Charlie Levinson/Enrique Laennec-Baffrey (SHU) def. Daniel Choi/Marcus Sebastian: 6-2
2. Davis McDonald/Alan Ton def. Antoine Hernandez/Paul Goncalves (SHU): 6-4
3. Jackson Armistead/Michael Zhang def. Arya Alla/Connor Liona (SHU): 6-2

Army 2 vs. Holy Cross 1
1. Alan Ton/Marcus Sebastian (ARMY) def. Jeremy Clark/Lucas Bikkesbakker (HC): 6-3
2. Vishnu Bodavula/Jackson Armistead (ARMY) def. Matt Carlson/Camilo Illanes (HC): 6-1
3. Will Donnelly/Ezequiel De la Plaza (HC) def. Preston Achter/Michael Zhang (ARMY): 6-4

Army will return next weekend to compete in the Commander-in-Chief's Challenge in Arlington, VA from Sept. 20-22 as the Black Knights will take on its service academy rivals in Navy and Air Force.