Orangeburg, N.Y. – The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Tennis team opened its Spring 2022 season against with a 4-3 setback to perennial Division I Northeast power Fairleigh Dickinson University on Saturday afternoon at Match Point Tennis Club in Orangeburg.
Fairleigh Dickinson opened the contest, taking the doubles point on the strength of victories in #3 doubles (Justas Trainauskas & Thomas Linley def. Lennart Lehmann & Valentin Baranyi), 6-1 and then #1 doubles (Teodors Pukse & Niclas Pietsch def. Ivan Laiz & Odysseas Papaioannou), 6-2.
In singles action, FDU took the first two matchups, as #2 Justas Trainauskas def. Odysseas Papaioannou (6-1, 6-4) and #5 Arjun Sriram def. Valentin Baranyi (6-4, 6-2) to take a commanding 3-0 advantage. STAC would battle to break the shutout, as Ivan Laiz scored a victory over Fernando Tadin, 7-5, 6-3 in #6 singles. However, despite the Spartans fight in all of their singles contests, the visiting Knights picked up the match-clinching point when #1 Teodors Pukse went on to beat Eduard Simo, 7-5, 7-5.
FDU 4/STAC 3 - OFFICIAL RESULTS
Order of Finish: 3, 1* ,2
SINGLES
2. Justas Trainauskas (FDU) def. Odysseas Papaioannou (STAC) 6-1, 6-4
3. Lennart Lehmann (STAC) def. Moric Budinszky (FDU) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (1)
4. Ludovico Truffelli (STAC) def. Thomas Linley (FDU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
5. Arjun Sriram (FDU) def. Valentin Baranyi (STAC) 6-4, 6-2
6. Ivan Laiz (STAC) def. Fernando Tardin (FDU) 7-5, 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 5, 6, 1*, 4, 3
St. Thomas Aquinas hosts Manhattanville College on Saturday, February 26 (4:30 p.m.) at the Match Point Tennis Club in Orangeburg.