Men's Tennis Closes Florida Trip On A High Note, Beating Niagara 4-3

Posted: Mar 14, 2025

Orlando, Fla - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Tennis team wrapped up its 2025 Florida Spring Break trip by besting Niagara University, 4-3, on Friday at the USTA Lake Nona Campus.

STAC improves to 8-3 on the year, while Niagara drops to 4-6.

STAC opened the contest, dropping two of three doubles matchups, as No. 1 Tanner Bedard & Vid Maric defeated Seth Newman & Henry Ronnberg, 6-1 and No. 2 Gurustat Makkar & Rohan Srivastava beat Don Vinz Lominoque & Nagamitsu Kuroda, 6-4. Ondrej Sramek & Erik Victor Tauson's 6-3 win against José Maria García & Mikolaj Kowal at No. 3 help avoid a clean sweep by the Purple Eagles.

In singles action, STAC tied the score at 1-1, as No. 3 Lorenzo Meschini beat Mikolaj Kowal via retirement in the second set 6-1, 4-1. Niagara reclaimed the one-point advantage at 2-1 with No. 6 Rohan Srivastava defeating Alberto Espinosa Navarro 6-2, 6-2. St. Thomas Aquinas would battle even things again, this time at 2-2, as Seth Newman scored a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Tanner Bedard at No. 1. Vid Maric's 6-4, 7-5 triumph against Don Vinz Lominoque put the Spartans on the bring of a loss. However, Henry Ronnberg and Ondrej Sramek would come through to give the maroon and gold the team victory. No. 5 Ronnberg dispatched José Maria García 7-5, 7-6 (5) with No. 4 Sramek downing Gurustat Makkar in three sets 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

STAC 4/NIAGARA 3 - OFFICIAL RESULTS

DOUBLES

1. Tanner Bedard & Vid Maric (NU) def. Seth Newman & Henry Ronnberg (STAC), 6-1

2. Gurustat Makkar & Rohan Srivastava (NU) def. Don Vinz Lominoque & Nagamitsu Kuroda (STAC), 6-4

3. Ondrej Sramek & Erik Victor Tauson (STAC) def. José Maria García & Mikolaj Kowal (NU), 6-3

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2*

SINGLES

1. Seth Newman (STAC) def. Tanner Bedard (NU) 7-5, 6-4

2. Vid Maric (NU) def. Don Vinz Lominoque (STAC) 6-4, 7-5

3. Lorenzo Meschini (STAC) def. Mikolaj Kowal (NU) 6-1, 4-1 (Retired)

4. Ondrej Sramek (STAC) def. Gurustat Makkar (NU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4

5. Henry Ronnberg (STAC) def. José Maria García (NU) 7-5, 7-6 (5)

6. Rohan Srivastava (NU) def. Alberto Espinosa Navarro (STAC) 6-2, 6-2

Order of Finish: 3, 6, 1, 2, 5, 4*

Niagara Record: 4-6, 1-1 MAAC

STAC Record: 8-3, 0-0 ECC

THE ROCKHILL REPORT

"I am pleased that the team finished the trip on a high note," said Head Coach Dan Rockhill. "We played four tough teams that gave us the competition we were expecting. College doubles is difficult to predict. A few points can decide everything. I still maintain that if we can win doubles points consistently, we will be difficult to beat in the region."

"I was not sure how we would play today having our fourth difficult match in five days but I was pleased that our conditioning held up," commented Rockhill. "Lorenzo specifically had a long match last night but it was his opponent that retired from the match today. Seth and Henry continue be terrific competitors. They are both hungry to improve and very coachable. Ondrej came through for his teammates today. Down 4-1 in the third set with the entire match on the line, he came back to win five games on the trot and secured the match for the Spartans.

"We had opportunities to win all our matches on the trip but the competition was very tough," stated Rockhill. "We are improving daily, which is what we need to do if we want to be successful in the ECC and beyond."

UP NEXT

STAC returns to New York and will visit Daemen University for a tennis doubleheader on Saturday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.