Le Moyne and SNHU to Meet in Rematch of 2022 NE10 Final.
MANSFIELD, Mass. - Le Moyne and Southern New Hampshire both earned semifinal wins over Saint Michael's and Adelphi, respectively, on Thursday afternoon in the Northeast-10 Conference Championship. The two programs advance to their second-straight Championship final in Syracuse, with first serve scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Skytop Tennis Courts.
Top-seeded Le Moyne blanked No. 4-seeded Saint Michael's, 4-0, while No. 3-seeded Southern New Hampshire upset No. 2-seeded Adelphi, 4-1. The semifinal victories set up a rematch of the 2022 NE10 Championship final, which Le Moyne won by a 4-3 margin over Southern New Hampshire.
(1) Le Moyne 4, (4) Saint Michael's 0 – Box Score
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Peter Hatton, Tom Jarry and Kacper Piekarek won singles matches to lead top-seeded Le Moyne to a 4-0 win over No. 4-seeded Saint Michael's on Thursday afternoon in the NE10 Men's Tennis Championship semifinals. The Dolphins advance to their third-straight NE10 Championship match on Sunday and will host No. 3-seeded Southern New Hampshire.
Hatton beat Josh Weiss at No. 1 singles (6-2, 6-3), Jarry beat Jason Boucher at No. 3 singles (6-2, 6-0) and Piekarek defeated Mathis Billman at No. 5 singles (6-3, 6-1) - all in straight sets. Le Moyne grabbed the doubles point with Jarry and Ethan Miller winning at No.1 over Tristian Du Plessis and Billman, 6-1, and Piekarek and Rodrigo Beires winning at No. 3 against Seb Tonini and Julius van den Broek, 6-1.
Le Moyne will look to win its third-straight NE10 title on Sunday. First serve is at 1 p.m. at the Skytop Tennis Courts.
(3) SNHU 4, (2) Adelphi 1 – Box Score
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Third-seeded Southern New Hampshire upset second-seeded Adelphi in the NE10 Men's Tennis Championship semifinals on Thursday afternoon, advancing to Sunday's final at top-seeded Le Moyne for the second-straight season. The Penmen will play in the NE10 Championship match for the sixth time in the past seven seasons.
SNHU won the doubles point with victories at No. 1 behind Jonathan Berling and Fernando Torres and at No. 3 with Phillipp Roeder and Aron Ouwejan. Berling also won at No. 2 singles over Adelphi's Hugo Munoz Reinoso, 7-6, 7-6, and Torres beat Gabriel Balestero at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. SNHU's Jesse Den Hartog defeated his fellow NE10 Co-Player of the Year Marko Jovanovic, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, to clinch the match.
SNHU will look to avenge last year's 4-3 loss to Le Moyne in the NE10 Championship final.
NE10 Men's Tennis Championship
Tuesday, April 18th
First Round
Match 1: #4 Saint Michael's 4, #5 Bentley 3
Thursday, April 20th
Semifinals
Match 2: #1 Le Moyne 4, #4 Saint Michael's 0
Match 3: #3 SNHU 4, #2 Adelphi 1
Sunday, April 23rd
Championship at Highest Remaining Seed
Match 4: #3 SNHU at #1 Le Moyne - 1:00 P.M.
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