Box Score WEST POINT, N.Y. (September 15, 2024) – T The Stonehill College men's tennis team competed in the Army Black Knights Shootout Invitational this weekend in West Point, New York. Throughout the three-day event, the Skyhawks played singles and doubles matches against Army, Fairfield, Hofstra, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Marist, and Sacred Heart.

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Stonehill registered four wins in singles competition throughout the weekend, with the sophomore duo of Jacob Borch-Nielsen and Alexis Chastang, junior Mateo Mallen, and senior Jacob Wilhelm Krefting each posting individual 1-2 records, respectively.

Chastang and Mallen earned victories on day one of the singles competition on Friday against Sacred Heart's sophomore Percy Meehan and sophomore Brennan Hart-Nova, respectively. Mallen took down Meehan in the No. 5 singles position, 6-3, 6-4, while Chastang defeated Hart-Nova, 7-6, 6-3 in No. 6 singles.

Borch-Nielsen, the team leader in singles and doubles wins a season ago, picked up his first victory of the season against Hofstra's No. 1 singles player, senior Josh Reynolds. After Reynolds took the first set, 6-3, Borch-Nielsen battled back and took the final two sets, 6-4, 10-6.

During Sunday's final day of competition, Krefting earned his first win of the season against Fairfield's junior Kostas Kollias. Krefting defeated Kollias, 6-3, 6-4, at the No. 2 singles position to round out the Skyhawk's four singles victories on the weekend.

In doubles play, the Skyhawks posted an overall mark of 5-8, with junior Mark Kröll and Krefting paving the way with a 2-2 record as a doubles pairing. Kröll and Krefting teamed up on Saturday to take down the Holy Cross duo of senior Matt Maggiacomo and junior Patrick Ling, 6-2, before earning their second doubles victory against graduate student Augustin Damonte and freshman Gregor Heinemann from Marist, 6-1, on Sunday.

Junior Donovan Rodrigues had a strong weekend as a double teammate to Chastang and senior Guillaume Duhil de Bénazé. Rodrigues and de Bénazé paired up on day one of the competition to defeat Lehigh's freshman Nate Raney and senior Luke Donovan, 6-1. Rodrigues and Chastang then earned their first victory as a double pairing on Saturday against the host pairing of sophomore Preston Achterand senior Michael Zhang from Army, 7-6.

Rounding out Stonehill's doubles competition victories over the weekend was Borch-Nielsen and freshman Nicolas Arrendondo. The combination teamed up on Saturday to defeat the Holy Cross pairing of senior Jeremy Clark and freshman Lucas Bikkesbakker, 6. The win also marked the first of Arredondo's collegiate career.

Up Next
Stonehill (0-0, 0-0 NEC) returns to action next weekend traveling to Binghamton, New York to compete in the Northeast Conference Fall Tournament. Competition kicks off on Friday, September 20th and wraps up on Sunday, September 22nd at the Lane – Stark Tennis Center.
 
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