DeWitt, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's tennis team registered its third straight victory, 4-3, over Niagara University on Friday night at Elevate Fitness.
 
Le Moyne captured the point in the doubles competition for the third straight match. Freshmen Callum Matthew (Dorset, England) and Lorenzo Bortolaso (Bassano del Grappa, Italy/IT IS Enrico Fermi) earned the first win with a sweep of Gurustat Makkar and Mikolaj Kowal at the second position, 6-0. Senior Peter Hatton (Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt/Club Med Academics/Army West Point) and junior Adrian Daniel (Tel Aviv, Israel/Montana State) clinched the point with a 7-5 win at the top spot over Tanner Bedard and Vid Maric. With the victory, Hatton tied Philip Blythe '21 for the second-most doubles wins in the program's history with his 56th. Trevor Masi and Jose Garcia were leading freshmen Jacob Maravillas (Bergenfield, N.J./Homeschooled) and Luke Hoyland (Sheffield, England/Birkdale School) at the third position, 6-5, when the point was decided.

The Dolphins won the match by splitting the singles competition with the Purple Eagles. Hatton registered his third straight victory, 6-4, 6-2, at the top spot over Bedard. Matthew won at the fourth position over Makkar, 6-4, 6-2. Bortolaso improved to 3-0 in dual matches by defeating Garcia at the sixth spot, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Masi picked up Niagara's first point with back-to-back 6-2 wins at the second position over Maravillas. Maric evened the match at two apiece by downing Daniel at the third spot, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). Kowal knotted the score at three apiece with a 6-4, 6-1 win at the fifth position over Hoyland.
 
Le Moyne (3-2) is back on the courts on Sunday against Colgate University at 2:00 p.m. at Drumlins Country Club.