EMITTSBURG, Md. (September 12, 2021) – Howard University men's tennis team showed promise at the Mountaineer Invitational. The three-day event (Sept. 10-12) was held on the campus of Mount St. Mary's University.
 
"Our guys took a huge step this weekend," said Director of Tennis Nicholas Askew. "For Justin and Daniel to reach the championship match, that's big. Bison Tennis is trending in the right direction."
 
DAY 1
 
In the preliminary round, freshmen Marcel Dawson (Midland, Ga.) and Hassimiyou Dieng defeated Saint Francis's (SFU) Varella and Ghigiarelli, 2-1.
 
Junior Romani Mayers (Bridgetown, Barbados) and sophomore Gabe Knowles (Wind Gap, Pa.) fell to SFU's Banti and Fuste in the prelims, 1-2.
 
In the Round of 16, senior Kyle Martin (Kingston, Jamaica) and junior Phoenix Williams (Bloomsfield Hills, Mich.) dropped a tough bout to the Mount's Jarrett Karnibad, Marcel Cronin and Pablo Martinez Zuccardi, 1-2.
 
DAY 2
 
Dawson and Dieng knocked off the Mount's Giovanni Abriola and Elliot Stevens in the Round of 16, 2-1, and moved on to the quarterfinals.
 
Sophomore Justin Cadeau (West Orange, N.J.) and newcomer Daniel Dunac (Washington) rallied to down Duquesne's (DU) Alex Mascioli and Liam Wickwire in singles competition, 2-1, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
 
In the quarterfinals, Dawson and Dieng topped George Mason's Faisal Alredbdi and Chanasorn Nakaurai, 2-1, while Cadeau and Dunac swept the Patriots' Hayden Postin and Dustin Ha, 3-0.
 
DAY 3
 
Cadeau and Dunac advanced to the championship match after defeating teammates Dawson and Dieng, 2-1.
 
In the championship match, Cadeau and Dunac came up short, falling to DU's Alejandro Rodriguez-Vidal and Tamirlan Teberikov, 1-2.
 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
 
On Sept. 18-19, the men travel to Bethlehem, Pa., for the Lehigh Invitational, hosted by Lehigh University.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.