Mount Marty Men's Tennis Tops Midland, 5-2, in GPAC Road Win

FREMONT, Neb. — April 18, 2025
The Mount Marty men's tennis team delivered a strong all-around performance Friday afternoon, earning a 5-2 victory on the road against Midland in GPAC play. After dropping the top doubles match, the Lancers battled back to take the doubles point and rode that momentum into a dominant singles showing.

Doubles Recap – Lancers Claim the Point

Despite a loss at the top flight, Mount Marty secured the doubles point with victories at #2 and #3:

• #1 Doubles: Joren Stevens / Benjamin Starman (Midland) def. Oleksander Makarov / Pablo Rivest (MMU), 6-2

• #2 Doubles: Lucas Latil / Patchara Suklian (MMU) def. Andrew Hammer / Jaime De Diego (Midland), 6-4

• #3 Doubles: Guilherme Nomura / Joaquin Jarochevsky (MMU) def. Martin Cisneros / Daniel Liebig (Midland), 7-6

Singles Recap – Mount Marty Wins Four of Six

The Lancers' depth showed through in singles, taking four of the six matchups to seal the team win:

• #1 Singles: Patchara Suklian (MMU) def. Joren Stevens (Midland), 7-6, 6-6, 1-4 (Note: Score reporting may contain tiebreak inconsistencies—please confirm final)

• #2 Singles: Benjamin Starman (Midland) def. Joaquin Jarochevsky (MMU), 6-1, 6-3

• #3 Singles: Lucas Latil (MMU) def. Jaime De Diego (Midland), 2-6, 7-5, 6-0

• #4 Singles: Pablo Rivest (MMU) def. Andrew Hammer (Midland), 1-6, 6-4, 6-3

• #5 Singles: Martin Cisneros (Midland) def. Luis Lainer (MMU), 6-2, 6-7, 6-1

• #6 Singles: Guilherme Nomura (MMU) def. Daniel Liebig (Midland), 6-4, 6-3

Looking ahead to the GPAC Tournament 

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Morningside men will be the number one seed when the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men's Tennis Tournament begins on Thursday, April 24. The GPAC Men's Tennis Tournament will be played in Sioux City, Iowa, with Morningside University serving as host at the Mason Family Tennis Complex.  If the tournament needs to be moved indoors it will be at the First Serve Tennis Center in South Sioux City, Nebraska.

The Mustangs were champions of the regular season with a record of 6-0.  Mount Marty will be the two seed after a 4-2 regular season.  Concordia will be the three seed (4-2), with Midland the fourth seed (4-2).  Northwestern (2-4) and Doane (1-5) will be the five and six seeds.  The top six teams from the regular season standings qualify for the postseason tournament. The number one and two seeds will have first round byes.  GPAC tiebreakers were used to determine the seeds.

The champion of the postseason tournament will advance to the NAIA Men's National Tennis Championship in Mobile, Alabama, at the Mobile Tennis Center on May 13-17, 2025.

2025 GPAC Men's Tennis Tournament
Morningside University Host
April 24 and 26, 2025

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Men's Quarterfinals/Play In Matches
#1 Morningside & #2 Mount Marty  – Byes
#4 Midland vs. #5 Northwestern  – 9am
#3 Concordia vs. #6 Doane – 11:00am (approx.)

Men's Semifinals
#1 vs. #4/5 winner – 1pm (approx.)
#2 vs. #3/6 winner – 3pm (approx.)

Saturday, April 26, 2025
Men's Championship Match
11am