ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher men's tennis team continued to roll through the Empire 8 Conference's West Division on Friday evening with a 5-2 triumph over Alfred at the Midtown Athletic Club. 

The Cardinals, who have won five consecutive dual matches for the first time since the 2018-19 season, improved to 6-3 overall and 4-0 in league play with the victory. Alfred fell to 7-4 and 2-1, respectively. 

The Cardinals earned the doubles point, claiming two of the three matches. Junior Tyler Hernandez and senior Will Chubb won their team-leading sixth match of the year, taking down Ricardo Alvarez and  Anlun Zwerver 6-3 in first doubles. Freshmen Matthew Lincoln and Sebastian Dix won 6-2 over Matt Bittel and Josh Erickson in third doubles. 

Hernandez and Dix improved to 6-3 and won their fourth consecutive singles matches. Senior Sean Brown moved to 4-0, while sophomore Charlie Roberts pushed his record to 4-2. 

Doubles Matches

Doubles 1: Tyler Hernandez/Will Chubb (SJF) def. Ricardo Alvarez/Anlun Zwerver (AU) 6-2

2. Breece Erickson/Andre Lopez Jimenez (AU) def. Finn Whitaker/Sean Brown (SJFM) 6-3

3. Matthew Lincoln/Sebastian Dix (SJF) def. Matthew Bittel/Josh Erickson (AU) 6-2

Singles Matches

Singles 1: Tyler Hernandez (SJF) def. Ricardo Alvarez (AU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1

Singles 2: Andre Lopez Jimenez (AU) def. Will Chubb (SJF) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4

Singles 3: Breece Erickson (AU) def. Matthew Lincoln (SJF) 6-2, 6-2

Singles 4: Sebastian Dix (SJFM) def. Anlun Zwerver (AU) 6-0, 6-4

Singles 5: Sean Brown (SJF) def. Matthew Bittel (AU) 6-0, 6-0

Singles 6: Charlie Roberts (SJF) def. Josh Erickson (AU) 6-2, 6-0

Match Notes

• Hernandez and Chubb have teamed up for four doubles wins in a row. 

• The Cardinals as a team have gone 33-21 (21-3 E8) in singles this season. 

• Hernandez, Dix, Brown and Roberts have all won four straight singles matches. 

Up Next

The Cardinals face Houghton at 2 p.m. on Saturday.