Men's Tennis Falls to Sacred Heart, 6-1, at Lakeville

Sacred Heart

Stonehill

Doubles

Jacob Krefting / Mark Kroll (STOM)
def. Lefteri Apostolou / E. Laennec-Baffrey (SHUMT)

6-2

Mateo Mallen / Louis Coppi (STOM)
def. Matyas Vencl / Darius Eftekhar (SHUMT)

6-2

Alexis Chastang / Armaan Mullick (STOM)
def. Charlie Levinson / No player (SHUMT)

FINAL - UNFINISHED

Singles

Lefteri Apostolou (SHUMT)
def. Mateo Mallen (STOM)

6-0, 6-0

Matyas Vencl (SHUMT)
def. Jacob Krefting (STOM)

6-2, 6-2

Antoine Hernandez (SHUMT)
def. Armaan Mullick (STOM)

6-4, 4-6, 7-6

Arya Alla (SHUMT)
def. Louis Coppi (STOM)

6-2, 6-2

Paul Goncalves (SHUMT)
def. Mark Kroll (STOM)

6-1, 6-3

Darius Eftekhar (SHUMT)
def. Javier Pemueller (STOM)

6-4, 7-6

full stats

LAKEVILLE, Mass. (April 6, 2024) – The Stonehill College men's tennis team fell to Northeast Conference foe Sacred Heart University, 6-1, Saturday night at the Lakeville Athletic Club. With the loss, the Skyhawks drop to 5-11 overall and 1-5 in conference play, while the Pioneers improve to 4-14 overall and 3-3 against conference opponents on the year.

Highlights

Junior Jacob Wilhelm Krefting and sophomore Mark Kröll earned their first doubles win of the season as a pairing.
Sophomore Mateo Mallen and senior Louis Coppi clinched the doubles point for the Skyhawks at the No. 2 slot.
Sacred Heart swept the Skyhawks during singles competition, winning all six matchups.
Senior Lefteri Apostolou earned his team-leading 11th overall win of the season and ninth playing at the No. 1 slot of singles for the Pioneers.

How It Happened

Wilhelm Krefting teamed up with Kroll at No. 1 doubles to Apostolou and freshman Enrique Laennec-Baffrey, 6-2.
Mallen and Coppi secured the doubles point for Stonehill with a 6-2 victory over junior Matyas Vencl and junior Darius Eftekhar at the No. 2 slot.
The Pioneers took the first two matches of singles competition swiftly. However, at the No. 3 slot, freshman Armaan Mullick battled his opponent to a three-set tiebreaker.
Junior Antoine Hernandez eventually defeated Mullick in three sets: 6-4, 4-6, and 7-6.
Sacred Heart rounded out its sweep of singles competition, with sophomore Arya Alla, sophomore Paul Goncalves, and Eftekhar each earning singles triumphs to cap off the Pioneers' 6-1 match victory.

Up Next

Stonehill (5-11, 1-5 NEC) returns to action on Sunday, traveling to Fairfield, Connecticut to matchup against Fairfield University at 12 p.m.

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