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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Ryan Adams

Men's Tennis Triumphs Over Merrimack with 6-1 Victory at Home

EASTON, Mass. (April 2, 2025) – The Stonehill College men's tennis team earned a 6-1 win over non-conference opponent Merrimack College Wednesday afternoon at the Charles Watt Tennis Courts. With the win, the Skyhawks improved to 7-10 overall, while the Warriors dropped to 4-8 on the year.

 Highlights
  • The win for Stonehill marks its first win against Merrimack since April 26, 2009, when the Skyhawks defeated the Warriors 5-3.
  • Senior Jacob Wilhelm Krefting, junior Mark Kröll, and sophomore Jacob Borch-Nielsen led the Skyhawks as individual double winners on the day.
  • Borch-Nielsen combined with senior Guillaume Duhil de Bénazé combined for their first win of the season as a double pairing.
  • Freshman Nicolas Arredondo added his eighth singles triumph of the season, marking the second-most on the team, tied with Kröll and trailing Wilhelm Krefting with 11.
  • Senior Valentin Riveros and sophomore Jack Brimm secured a win at No. 2 doubles.
  • Freshman Mateusz Gradski picked up the lone singles victory for the Warriors at No. 1 singles.
How It Happened
  • Wilhelm Krefting and Kröll combined to defeat junior Morgan Donovan and Gradski, 6-4, at No. 1 doubles. The victory marked their team-leading 13th of the season as a double combination.
  • Riveros and Brimm took down Arredondo and freshman Guillermo Bennaton, 6-2, on the No. 2 doubles court to force a deciding third doubles match.
  • Borch-Nielsen and Duhil de Bénazé clinched the doubles point for the Skyhawks with a 6-4 win over senior Charles Robertson and junior Kabir Chhabria.
  • Gradski secured the lone point for Merrimack with a three-set, 6-1, 2-6, 10-5, victory over Bennaton at No. 1 singles.
  • Borch-Nielsen and Wilhelm Krefting defeated Robertson and Chhabria at No. 2 and No. 3 singles in straight sets, respectively.
  • Arredondo secured the Skyhawks' overall match victory with a three-set battle against Riveros that ended 6-3, 7-6, 11-9.
  • Kröll capped off the match win at No. 5 singles against Donovan, 0-6, 7-6, 6-1, before sophomore Alexis Chastang won by default at No. 6 singles to conclude the match.
Up Next
Stonehill (7-10, 1-3 NEC) returns to Northeast Conference (NEC) play on Saturday, traveling to Altoona, Pennsylvania to take on Saint Francis University at 10 AM.
 
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