The Monmouth University men’s tennis team was defeated 6-1 by Princeton, at the Jadwin Gymnasium. The Hawks will now travel to Newark to face the Delaware Blue Hens on Friday, March 3. As reported by the Monmount University website, Lucca Silva earned the Hawks sole point at No.6 singles, but the Tigers earned victories at every other spot to win the match.
With this loss, Monmouth drops to 6-2 overall on the season.
Men’s Doubles
Thomas Bosancic and Ellis Short (PRIN) def. Victor Castro and Niels Van Noord (MON) 6-2
Alan Kam and Sebastian Sec (PRIN) def. Dmitry Bezborodov and Charlie Penman (MON) 6-2
Fnu Nidunjianzan and Ben Smith (PRIN) def.
Gabriel Busato and Arthur Dussaubat (MON) 6-2
Men’s Singles
Thomas Bosancic (PRIN) def. Dmitry Bezborodov (MON) 6-4, 6-0
Sebastian Sec (PRIN) def. Charlie Penman (MON) 6-3, 6-1
Ellis Short (PRIN) def. Victor Castro (MON) 5-7, 6-4, 10-5
Matthew Bosancic (PRIN) def.
Alexander Zuckerman (MON) 6-0, 6-3
Lucca Silva (MON) def. Aidan Mahoney (PRIN) 5-7, 6-3, 10-6
About Monmouth University
Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch in the state of New Jersey. Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became a university in 1995.
It currently has approximately 6,500 students and over 73% of faculty members hold a PhD or Master’s degree. The student-faculty ratio is 15:1. 44% of students live on campus. Monmouth University’s placement on the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking increased during the 2010s, moving from 76 in 2005 to 37 in 2012 and 30 in 2013 among regional universities in the Northern United States.
Despite moving up to the U.S. News & World Report ranking, however, Monmouth University did not appear on Forbes Magazine’s List of America’s Best Colleges until 2021. Monmouth University has held multiple academic symposia on the work of Bruce Springsteen and houses the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music.
Monmouth’s athletic teams are known as the Hawks. The Hawks compete as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The school had competed as a Division I (NCAA) school in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference from 2013 to 2023. Photo Credits: pic by Monmouth University website
