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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Top-seeded UMBC men’s tennis squad earned its first-ever America East Men’s Tennis Championship by virtue of a 4-1 win over No. 3 Stony Brook on Sunday afternoon at the Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven, Conn. The Retrievers earn America East’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.

For the third-straight year and seventh-time in the last eight championship,  the top-seeded team won the title. The Retrievers were participating in their first-ever America East Championship title game.

David Jackson’s dramatic victory  (4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5 TB)) over Stony Brook’s Nihal Advani at No. 3 singles helped secure the match for UMBC and earned Jackson Most Outstanding Performer honors of the conference tournament, which was selected by the winning head coach.

UMBC earned the doubles point as Fredi Voorman and Nick Savage-Pollock teamed up at No. 1 doubles to record a win, while Irfan Shamasdin and Jackson won for the Retrievers at No. 2 doubles. Savage-Pollock won his No. 5 singles’ match, while Fernando Ferreira won at No. 6 singles to help UMBC clinch the title.

The America East Tennis Championship utilizes a format of three doubles matches and six singles matches. Doubles matches are played first using eight-game pro sets with a 12-point tie-break at eight games all. The team winning two or more of the doubles matches receives one point in the team scoring. The doubles matches are followed by the singles matches using a best two-of-three sets format. Each singles match is worth one point. A minimum of four points is required to win the team match.

America East Men’s Tennis Championship
April 27-29, Connecticut Tennis Center, New Haven, Conn.

Friday, April 27
Match 1 -- #4 Binghamton 4, vs. #5 Hartford 0 Scores

Saturday, April 28
Match 2 -- #1 UMBC 4 def. #4 Binghamton 2 Scores
Match 3 -- #3 Stony Brook 4 def. #2 Boston U. 0 Scores
Match 4 -- #4 Binghamton 4 def. #2 Boston U. 1 Scores (Third-Place Match)

Sunday, April 29
Match 5 -- #1 UMBC 4 def. #3 Stony Brook 1 (Championship) Scores

Championship's Most Outstanding Performer: David Jackson, UMBC