By Tyler Morello
Staff Writer
The College’s men’s tennis team had a weekend of two contrasting matches on March 14 and 15, securing a home victory against Moravian University before facing a tough defeat on the road against New York University.
The Lions were first able to defend their home court against Moravian, winning 6-1. They set the tone early in their doubles play, sweeping all three courts.
Juniors Brett Schuster and Alberto Thomas defeated Anthony Ronca and Roman Farhad of Moravian 6-2 on court 2, followed by juniors Harrison Maitland-Carter and Asa Wong defeating Wyatt Marshall and Ronny Pimentel-Ferrer of Moravian 6-1 on court 1.
Junior Curt Gruber and freshman Sidd Arudi outlasted Gavin Labbadia and Joey Kelly 6-3 to secure the doubles sweep for the Lions. The College carried this momentum into their singles matches, as they came out on top in five of the six matches.
Maitland-Carter won 6-2, 6-1 and Thomas won 6-0, 6-3. Sophomore Aidan Twamley came out on top in a close 7-5 first set, and then 6-0 in the second to close out the victory. Junior Olufela Fieulleteau and sophomore Nathan Chan were also winners in their matches. The College improved to 4-2 and Moravian dropped to 7-3.
This win for the Lions stretched their win streak to three after starting the 2025 campaign 1-2. This win streak only lasted 24 hours, however, as they got shut out by New York University 7-0, despite putting up strong performances in each of their matches.
Maitland-Carter and Wong continued their impressive chemistry and won their doubles match 6-2, but the Lions dropped the other two doubles matches. Maitland-Carter then won his first singles set before losing in three sets to his opponent. Thomas and Fieulleteau went to three sets in their matches as well but had similar outcomes.
Twamley, Chan and Schuster each lost their matches in two sets despite keeping the sets competitive from start to end. The College moved to 4-3 while the Violets improved to 5-1. The Lions will be back in Ewing to host Ithaca College on Saturday, March 29.
