Men’s Tennis Advances to Conference Championship

Victories by Jack Hodges (London, England/Shrewsbury School) at second singles and Seth Hoesman (Ellicott City, Md./Howard) at No. 3 gave top-seeded Goucher the two points it needed to reap a 5-0 triumph over Scranton in one semifinal of the 2016 Landmark Conference Men’s Tennis Championship.

Juniata, the No. 2 seed, defeated Catholic, 5-0, in the other semifinal, setting up a rematch of the 2015 championship match between the Gophers and the Eagles for this year’s Landmark title.

  • Hoesman’s 6-3, 6-1 victory over Matt Prendergast provided the Gophers (18-4) with a 4-0 lead in the match. It was also the 60th singles win of the senior’s career, making him the all-time leader in the history of school’s men’s tennis program.
  • Hodges earned the decisive fifth point by turning back Keller McGurrin 6-3, 6-4, ending any hopes the Royals (8-10) had of staging a comeback.
  • The first match to finish was at first doubles where Joey Caracappa (Smithtown, N.Y./Saddlebrook Preparatory School) and Hoesman won eight of the final nine games to come out top against Alexander Ochalski and McGurrin, 8-3.
  • At No. 2 doubles, Midori Fujitani (Tokyo, Japan/International School Bangkok) and Hodges disposed of Prendergast and Michael Pottieger, 8-4; at No. 3, Josiah Meekins (Trenton, N.J./Princeton Day School) and Elliot Diehl (York, Pa./York Suburban) were 8-6 winners over Christian Aksu and Kevin Murphy.
  • The 18 wins by head coach Brendan Kincaid’s squad is a new Landmark Conference single-season record, surpassing the 17 victories achieved by Juniata in 2013-14 and again in 2014-15.

The Landmark Conference announced today that the championship match, which will be played at Goucher, has been moved back one day and will take place Sunday, May 8, beginning at noon.

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