Box Score NORTH HAVEN, Conn. – For the first time since 2011, the Sacred Heart University men's tennis team topped in-state foe Quinnipiac, 4-3, on Sunday night. 
 
SHU's second-straight victory moves its record to 3-7. 
 
The two teams each grabbed a doubles win before Matyas Vencl and Ayman Khan solidified the point for the Pioneers. The tandem overcame their opponent in the tiebreaker, 7(4)-6. 
 
The Pioneers grabbed in first and third singles thanks to William Wibmer and Vencl, but fell in fourth, fifth, and sixth singles. With the team score tied at three-all, the match came down to Lefteri Apostolou in second singles. After winning the first set tiebreaker, the sophomore came back from a 4-1 deficit to force a second tiebreaker and clinched the match, 7-4. 
 
Sacred Heart takes a week off before hitting the courts again on Tuesday, March 8 in Orlando, Fla. Against Radford. 

Singles Competition

1. William Wibmer (SHU) Def. Ayato Arakaki (QU): 6-2, 6-4
2. Lefteri Apostolou (SHU) Def. Javier Casasolas Monllor (QU): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
3. Matyas Vencl (SHU) Def. Kemal Karagozoglu (QU): 6-4, 6-3
4. Shaurya Sood (QU) Def. Kevin Chao (SHU): 6-3, 6-4
5. Alester Magalit (QU) Def. Antoine Hernandez (SHU): 7-5, 6-1
6. Donovan Brown (QU) Def. Philip Lynch (SHU): 6-3, 6-2

Doubles Competition

1. Wibmer/Apostolou (SHU) Def. Shaurya Sood/Javier Casasolas Monllor (QU): 6-4
2. Alester Magalit/Kemal Karagozoglu (QU) Def. Chao/Lynch (SHU): 6-3
3. Vencl/Khan (SHU) Def. Ayato Arakaki/Yasha Laskin (QU): 7-6