WILKES-BARRE – The third-seeded Wilkes University men's tennis team is set to host sixth-seeded Arcadia University in a Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) Quarterfinal Monday at 3:00 p.m. at the TK Tennis Academy.

Live video will be available to follow along with and can be found here through the Wilkes website. Per Wilkes' spectator policy, spectators will not be allowed at the indoor facility.

The Colonels are the No. 3 seed in the MAC Freedom Championship with a 5-2 record in conference play this season. Wilkes is 8-2 overall and has won the last 12 MAC Freedom titles to advance to the NCAA Tournament.

Arcadia earned the No. 6 seed with a 2-5 league record and the Knights are 2-7 overall.

Wilkes defeated Arcadia 6-1 at the Ralston Athletic Complex during a rainy day on April 17th.

The Colonels swept doubles play 3-0. Jack Maline (Colorado Springs, CO/Northport) and John Toussaint (Dallas, PA/Dallas Senior) won 8-6 at No. 1 doubles over Josh Noble and Jonathan Noble. Cole Gibson (Pinecrest, FL/Miami Palmetto Senior) and Matt Angara (Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg) won 8-4 at No. 2 doubles over Francis Tamesis and Luke Thatcher. Colin Greenman (Glen Gardner, NJ/Voorhees) and Connor Murphy (Denver, PA/Cocalico) won 8-0 at No. 3 doubles over Logan Davies and Tim Zeng.

In singles play Jonathan Noble defeated Gibson 6-4, 6-4 for the Knights one victory at No. 1 singles. Maline won 6-2, 6-1 over Josh Noble at No. 2, Greenman defeated Davies 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5, and Jacob Bosler (Elkton, MD/Elkton) won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 6 over Zeng. Toussaint and Tamesis at No. 3 along with Angara and Thatcher at No. 4 were unfinished.

Wilkes has a 42-16 overall singles record on the season and a 21-9 doubles record. Arcadia has a 9-39 overall singles record and an 8-18 doubles record. Greenman is 8-1 in singles play while Gibson is 8-2 to lead the Colonels. The Colonels pair of Maline and Toussaint are 6-2 in doubles action together. Jonathan Noble leads the Knights in singles play with a 3-5 record while he had teamed with his brother Josh to go 4-5 in doubles.

The 2021 MAC Freedom Men's Tennis Championship is slated to take place on Monday, May 3 with the quarterfinal round, Wednesday, May with the semifinal round and conclude on Saturday, May 8 with the title match. The MAC Freedom Champion will earn the conference's NCAA Division III Championship automatic qualifier (AQ).

The other quarterfinal matches feature No. 1 seed Stevens Institute of Technology hosting No. 8 Misericordia, No. 2 DeSales hosting No. 7 Lycoming, and No. 4 FDU-Florham hosting No. 5 King's.

2021 MAC Freedom Championship t-shirts will only be available via online order through May 10th. Championship merchandise features a teal moisture wicking short sleeve t-shirt with the championship logo on the front and all of the conference team logos on the back for $18 plus additional shipping fees. To order a t-shirt, click here.