Close matches have become the norm for Siena Men's Tennis. For a second straight time and third match in the past four, the Saints' fate rested on a third set tiebreaker with their opponent.

While Siena was able to come away with a win last Friday against Sacred Heart, this weekend wasn't nearly as kind as the Saints dropped its second straight 4-3 decision, this time to Monmouth, on Sunday afternoon at Tri-City Fitness. The loss comes just two days after losing 4-3 to St. Bonaventure on Friday. 

It was the most points that Siena (8-8, 1-0 MAAC) had scored against Monmouth in head-to-head meetings over the past nine dating back to 2014. 

It came down to singles court #3 where Agustin Suarez fell in a tight contest 6-1, 6-7 (4), 10-5 to Victor Castro. 

Saints who won on the day included fifth-year student-athlete Tomas del Olmo and Jose Pablo Davila's doubles win from the #3 position over Diego Laporta and Christof Zeilor 6-3 and singles wins from del Olmo, Suarez and Edward Vo.

Del Olmo battled back after dropping the opening set 3-6 to take the singles #2 match against Dmitry Bezborodov 6-4, 11-9. 

Davila took his singles #4 match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, to top Alexander Zuckerman and Vo beat Gabriel Busato, 7-5, 6-1.

Davila and Vo each notched their 13^th singles win of the season. 

The Hawks improved to 9-4.

Siena will next play at Fairfield (3-8, 0-1 MAAC) on Saturday at noon at the WAC Tennis Courts in Fairfield, Conn.

RESULTS
Doubles
Victor Castro/Gabriel Busato (M) def. Matt Nardone/Agustin Suarez (SC) 6-3
Niels Van Noord/Dmitry Bezborodov (M) def. Dante Russo/Edward Vo (SC) 6-4
Jose Pablo Davila/Tomas del Olmo (SC) def. Diego Laporta/Christof Zeilor (M) 6-3

Singles
Van Noord (M) def. Russo (SC) 7-6 (4), 6-2
del Olmo (SC) def. Bezborodov (M) 3-6, 6-4, 11-9
Castro (M) def. Suarez (SC) 6-1, 6-7 (4), 10-5
Davila (SC) def. Alexander Zuckerman (M) 6-4, 6-2
Vo (SC) def. Busato (M) 7-5, 6-1
Laporta (M) def. Nardone (SC) 6-1, 6-3