Men's Tennis Secures Third Straight CACC Title, Advances to CACC/ECC Finals 

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Thomas Jefferson University tennis team (17-4) competed to win their third straight Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship title as they faced third seed and home court team Chestnut Hill College (10-9-1) in Tuesday afternoon action. The Rams ended up winning the doubles point and earned three wins in singles to take the 4-1 win. 

WHAT HAPPENED 
Jefferson took the second position win while Chestnut Hill earned the first position victory. The third set came close, but ultimately went in favor of the Rams for the first point. 

Jefferson won in the fifth spot for Antonio Mateos Melenchon for a 2-0 lead. Chestnut Hill won in the sixth position and looked to possibly take the fifth spot while coming back in the fourth. The Rams pushed ahead in the first and second spots as Mario Antonio and Hannibal Borg earned victories to secure the CACC Championship for the third straight year. 

DOUBLES RESULTS
1. Noah Cutting / Antonio Franquis (CHC) def. Hannibal Borg / Enrique Soto Ballester (JEFF) 6-3  
2. Mario Antonio / Johary Rabetrano (JEFF) def. Pedro Vicente / Siddharth Malik (CHC) 6-3 
3. Antonio Mateos Melenchon / Jules Thibault (JEFF) def. Tiago Lima / Joao Sousa (CHC) 6-4  
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3  

SINGLES RESULTS
1. Hannibal Borg (JEFF) def. Noah Cutting (CHC) 6-4, 6-4 
2. Mario Antonio (JEFF) def. Antonio Franquis (CHC) 6-2, 6-4  
3. Jules Thibault (JEFF) vs. Tiago Lima (CHC) 6-1, 1-6, 2-1, unfinished 
4. Enrique Soto Ballester (JEFF) vs. Joao Sousa (CHC) 6-0, 4-6, 0-5, unfinished 
5. Antonio Mateos Melenchon (JEFF) def. Siddharth Malik (CHC) 6-0, 6-1 
6. Pedro Vicente (CHC) def. Johary Rabetrano (JEFF) 6-4, 6-2 
Order of Finish: 5, 6, 2, 1 

UP NEXT
Jefferson will now head to the first CACC/ECC Final as the Rams head up to take on Queens College on Saturday, May 4. This will be a rematch of a March 30 match where the Rams' edged out the Knights 4-3.