Men’s Tennis Opens Spring Season Against MIT, Drew

Brewers to play eight home matches this spring

Poughkeepsie, NY – The Vassar College Men's Tennis team kicks-off the spring season this weekend with a visit to MIT on Saturday afternoon before hosting Drew on Sunday. Saturday's match in Cambridge, MA is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. with the Brewers and Rangers scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

At A Glance

Vassar closed the 2023-24 season with a 14-6 overall record and a 6-2 mark in the Liberty League.
The Brewers scored victories over Ithaca and Hobart on its way to advancing to the Liberty League Championship Final last spring.
Vassar was topped 5-2 by #22 RPI in a hard fought match in the final.
The Brewers had four players named All-Liberty League in 2024, including Fernando Bauermeister (Winter Park, FL) and Eugene Lee (Chico, CA) named Second Team All-Conference in doubles.
Vassar holds a 1-0 record this season after topping Bard 7-0 on September 13.

Returners

Lee returns for a sophomore season after posting a 13-4 record as a rookie in singles play.
Lee added 12 more victories in doubles action a season ago, including three victories at the top flight.
Bauermeister produced nine wins in doubles play last season, including three wins teamed with Lee at the top position.
Arnav Agostinho (Brooklyn, NY) scored four wins in singles last spring.
Pedro Cattaruzzi (Chatham, NJ) returns to the Vassar lineup after producing 14 wins playing at third doubles last season.
Cattaruzzi teamed with three different partners in doubles, including Lee to post eight wins.
Miles Sondergaard Jensen (Newton, MA) returns after scoring a singles win a season ago.
Also back in 2024-25 for Vassar is James Balon (Winnetka, IL) who won 11 singles matches for the Brewers in 2022-23.

Newcomers

Vassar welcomes a talented pair of newcomers in Joseph Braun (Albuquerque, NM) and Joaquin Gil (Brooklyn, NY).
Braun joins the Brewers after a successful high school career at Albuquerque Academy that included consecutive state and district team titles as well a district and state singles championship.
Gil comes to Poughkeepsie prep career at Berkely Carroll that resulted in a trip to the State Semifinals. Gil competed at first singles.

The Schedule

Following the opening weekend of the spring, Vassar will head to Orlando, FL to play six times over Spring Break.
Upon returning from the Sunshine State, Vassar opens Liberty League play at home against Hobart on March 22.
The Brewers head to the North Country on March 29 to take on St. Lawrence before starting a five-match home stand.
The home stand includes non-conference matches with St. Thomas Aquinas, Nichols and Coast Guard as well as league foes Ithaca and RIT on Senior Day.
After visiting Skidmore and RPI, the Brewers will round out the regular season at home against RPI on April 26.
The Liberty League Championship will return to the Reis Tennis Center at Cornell contested May 2-4.

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Players Mentioned

Arnav Agostinho: 5' 11"; Senior

James Balon: 5' 9"; Senior

Fernando Bauermeister: 6' 1"; Junior

Pedro Cattaruzzi: 6' 2"; Junior

Eugene Lee: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Miles Sondergaard Jensen: 5' 9"; Junior

Joseph Braun: 6' 1"; First Year

Joaquin Gil: 5' 10"; First Year

Players Mentioned

Arnav Agostinho
: 5' 11"; Senior

James Balon
: 5' 9"; Senior

Fernando Bauermeister
: 6' 1"; Junior

Pedro Cattaruzzi
: 6' 2"; Junior

Eugene Lee
: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Miles Sondergaard Jensen
: 5' 9"; Junior

Joseph Braun
: 6' 1"; First Year

Joaquin Gil
: 5' 10"; First Year