KINGS POINT, N.Y. (April 13, 2025) – The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy men's tennis team won its Senior Day match against Skyline Conference opponent Sarah Lawrence, 7-0, on Sunday at the Brooks Stadium Courts. The victory improved the Mariners' record to 3-3 (3-1 Skyline), while the Gryphons fell to 2-4 (0-3 Skyline) in defeat.
 
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The Mariners honored their four graduating seniors, Wesley Cooke (Mobile, Ala.), Garrett Hall (Collierville, Tenn.) and captains Connor McQuade (Jacksonville, Fla.) and RJ Novak (Yorktown, Va.) before the match with a special Senior Day ceremony on nearby Tomb Field.
 
When the tennis action got started it was the #3 doubles team of Cooke and Hall that finished first with a 6-1 victory, followed by the sophomore duo of Brent Mathews (Falls Church, Va.) and Josh Staroselskiy (Brooklyn, N.Y.) capturing a 6-2 win at #2 to clinch the doubles point. McQuade and Novak finished of the doubles sweep with an 8-3 triumph at the top flight.
 
Sophomore Patrick Novotny (Fort Worth, Texas) at #5 singles and Novak at #2 finished off their opponents quickly with 6-0, 6-0 shutouts to give the Mariners a 3-0 lead. Freshman Fredrich Buquel (Mission, Texas) won his matchup at #3, 6-1, 6-0 to put the Mariners on the verge of the team victory. It was Hall at #6 who clinched the win with a 6-0, 6-1 victory.
 
Mathews earned a 6-4, 6-2 win at #1 and McQuade recorded a comeback victory at #4, dropping the first set 7-6 (7-2 in the tie-breaker) before rallying to take a 6-2 second-set win and then winning the match tie-breaking third set, 10-1, to complete the shutout.
 
Up next, Merchant Marine will travel up to Newburgh, N.Y., this Tuesday, April 15, to take on Mount St. Mary. First serve is scheduled for 5 p.m.
 
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