Box Score NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Closing out the 2025 CNU Invitational at home with a mock dual against Shenandoah University, the Christopher Newport men's tennis team capped an excellent weekend overall with three singles wins and a doubles sweep on Sunday.
Gabe Smith and
Matthew Onoff each secured wins in both singles and doubles while
Ivan Ceric also added a singles win for CNU.
First, in doubles action, sophomore
Rainer Christiansen paired with rookie
Jamison Wallace for a 6-4 win against Lucas Beasley and Dominick Suwak from Shenandoah. Smith played with
Alex Seretis for a 6-2 win against Artem Babaiev and Neal Love, and Onoff shared a court with fellow rookie
John Lee for a 6-3 win against Max Arkans and Siddarrth Rajagopalan.
In singles, Smith downed Babaiev (6-3, 6-4), Ceric took down Beasley (6-1, 6-2), and Onoff disposed of Neal Love (6-2, 6-1) to wrap up the winning matches for Christopher Newport.
The Captain will next appear at the 2025 ITA Southeast Regional Championships from October 3-5.
CNU Invitational Results
Day One:
Doubles
Barrett Foster /
Vincent Truong (CNU) def. Julius Bert / Alex Donnelly (AU) 6-4
Lucas Fiandra / Rafael Jodas (AU) def
Rainer Christiansen / Nathan Russel (CNU)l 7-6(5)
Jamison Wallace /
Alex Seretis (CNU) def Roger Pamies / Sasha Rudy (AU) 6-4
Ivan Ceric /
Sam Halvorsen (CNU) def Josh Buckland / Olaf Van der Stam (VWC) 6-2
Singles
Vincent Truong (CNU) def Satwik Kollepalli (AU) 6-2,6-1
Barrett Foster (CNU) def Julius Bert (AU) 6-3,4-6,10-7
Rainer Christiansen (CNU) def Rafael Jodas (AU) 6-0,7-6(0)
Lucas Fiandra (AU) def
Nathan Russell (CNU) 6-2,2-6,10-7
Jamison Wallace (CNU) def Sasha Rudy (AU) 3-6,6-3,10-6
Roger Pamies (AU) def
Ivan Ceric (CNU) 4-6,7-5,10-8
Alex Donnelly (AU) def
Sam Halvorsen (CNU) 6-2,6-2
Alex Seretis (CNU) def Josh Buckland (VWC) 6-4,5-7,10-8
Matthew Onoff (CNU) def Olaf Van der Stam (VWC) 6-2,6-2
Day Two:
Doubles
Satwik Kollepalli / Alex Rudy (AU) def Dominick Suwak / Lucas Beasley (SU) 6-4
Lucas Fiandra / Rafael Jodas (AU) def Artem Babaiev / Neal Love (SU) 6-4
Siddarrth Rajagopalan / Max Arkans (SU) def Julius Bert / Alex Donnelly (AU) 6-2
Vincent Truong /
Barrett Foster (CNU) def Dominick Suwak / Lucas Beasley (SU) 6-3
Gabe Smith /
Rainer Christiansen (CNU) def Artem Babaiev / Neal Love (SU) 6-3
Sam Halvorsen /
Nathan Russell (CNU) def Siddarrth Rajagopalan / Max Arkans (SU) 6-1
Alex Seretis /
Jamison Wallace (CNU) def Olaf Van der Stam / Josh Buckland (VWU) 6-1
Singles
Dominick Suwak (SU) def Satwik Kollepalli (AU) 6-2, 6-0
Julius Bert (AU) def Artem Babaiev (SU) 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
Lucas Beasley (SU) def Rafael Jodas (AU) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
Lucas Fiandra (AU) def Josh Buckland (VWU) 6-4, 6-2
Alex Rudy (AU) def Neal Love (SU) 6-0, 6-0
Roger Petit (AU) def Olaf Van der Stam (VWU) 6-3, 6-3
Alex Donnelly (AU) def Max Arkans (SU) 6-2, 6-1
Dominick Suwak (SU) def
Vincent Truong (CNU) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-4)
Rainer Christiansen (CNU) def Artem Babaiev (SU) 6-0, 6-2
Nathan Russell (CNU) def Lucas Beasley (SU) 6-0, 6-3
Alex Seretis (CNU) def Neal Love (SU) 7-5, 6-1
John Lee (CNU) def Max Arkans (SU) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (14-12)
Jamison Wallace (CNU) def Josh Buckland (VWU) 7-5, 6-3
Olaf Van der Stam (VWU) def
Sam Halvorsen (CNU) 6-4, 6-2
Day Three:
Doubles
Rainer Christiansen /
Jamison Wallace (CNU) def Lucas Beasley / Dominick Suwak (SU) 6-4
Alex Seretis /
Gabe Smith (CNU) def Artem Babaiev / Neal Love (SU) 6-2
John Lee /
Matthew Onoff (CNU) def Max Arkans / Siddarrth Rajagopalan (SU) 6-3
Singles
Dominick Suwak (SU) def
Barrett Foster (CNU) 6-2, 6-2
Gabe Smith (CNU) def Artem Babaiev (SU) 6-3, 6-4
Ivan Ceric (CNU) def Lucas Beasley (SU) 6-1, 6-2
Matthew Onoff (CNU) def Neal Love (SU) 6-2, 6-1
Max Arkans (CNU) def
John Lee (CNU) 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (10-6)