AMHERST, N.Y. -- The Daemen University men's tennis team dropped their fifth East Coast Conference match of the season in a 0-7 decision to St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats fall to 4-14 overall and 0-5 in ECC action in their second to last match of the season. 

The Spartans won every match today. In doubles action, Daemen's top pairing of junior Lasse Mergens (Bochum, Germany) and senior Rohan Chitanand (Den Haag, Netherlands) fell 2-6. At second doubles, junior Lucas Garcia (Bogota, Columbia) and freshman Mitch Pollack (Winnipeg, Man.) lost in a 1-6 decision. Freshmen Pablo Viera (Naples, Fla.) and Jordan Hamdan (Johnson City, N.Y.) dropped a 1-6 score in No. 3 doubles.

STAC took all six singles pairings on the day. Garcia fought hard to a 4-6, 5-7 final at No. 1 singles, narrowly missing out on sending it to a third set. Mergens fell 3-6, 1-6 in second singles. At No. 3 singles, Chitanand lost 1-6, 2-6. Pollack fell (1-6, 1-6) at No. 4 singles, Hamdan (0-6, 0-6) dropped fifth singles, and Viera fell (1-6, 0-6) at sixth singles. 

The Wildcats wrap up the 2025-26 season next Saturday, April 18 in a 6:30 PM match against UDC at Miller Tennis Center.