Greyhound Men to Travel to Massachusetts to Face Baruch (N.Y.) in Opening Round of 2026 NCAA DIII Men’s Tennis Championships on May 8
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --- The Moravian University men’s tennis squad, which captured the 2026 Landmark Conference Championship, will be heading to Medford, Massachusetts to play Baruch (N.Y.) College in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament on Friday, May 8 at 11:00 a.m.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --- The Moravian University men's tennis squad, which captured the 2026 Landmark Conference Championship, will be heading to Medford, Massachusetts to play Baruch (N.Y.) College in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament on Friday, May 8 at 11:00 a.m.
The Greyhounds have posted a 15-5 mark on the year, and the Blue & Grey were 9-0 in the Landmark regular season, the first undefeated conference season in program history. Moravian captured its first-ever Landmark Conference title on Sunday with a 4-3 victory over Goucher College to earn the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Fifth-year Director of Tennis Mariana Freitas has guided the Hounds to a 69-26 mark since taking over the program.
The single-elimination tournament features first, second and third rounds played at regional sites, May 7-9 or May 8-10. The University of the South will host the team championships finals, which will be held May 19-22 at Champions Tennis Club in Chattanooga. Tennessee.
The championship provides for a 44-team tournament. Automatic qualification (AQ) is granted to 35 conference champions, which form "Pool A." The remaining nine teams are selected from those teams in conferences with automatic bids that did not win their conference's AQ. The teams are geographically paired, whenever possible.
Sophomore Joey Kelly leads the Blue & Grey with a 15-2 singles mark while sophomore Roman Farhad has a 15-3 slate. Junior Gavin Labbadia is 14-5 in singles action after his three-set victory in a third set tiebreaker clinched the conference title on Sunday while freshman Enzo Guarda has an 11-6 mark. Senior Matthew Labosky is 5-3 on the year while senior Ryan Burke has posted a 5-9 slate. Freshman Cris Calfat Jabra is 3-9 in his debut season while senior Shayaan Farhad has a 3-10 mark. Freshman Ben Horne has a 2-0 mark while junior Garrett Morris is 1-1.
Labbadia and Roman Farhad have combined for a 17-7 doubles record while Jabra and Guarda are 13-10 on the year. Kelly and Shayaan Farhad have a 9-4 record while Burke and Labosky are 7-3. Horne and Morris have teamed up for a 6-2 slate while Burke and Kelly are 5-4. Kelly and Roman Farhad are 1-1 and Shayaan Farhad and Guarda are 1-0.
Baruch is 15-3 on the year and won the City University of New York Athletic Conference Championship to earn an automatic qualifier.
Information on the availability of live stats and video of the NCAA matches will be announced at a later time.
To view the full 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Tennis National Championship bracket, visit https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/tennis-men/d3/2026.
