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Top-20 Showdown favors No. 7 Holy Cross, 4-3
Posted: Feb 21, 2026

Top-20 Showdown favors No. 7 Holy Cross, 4-3

Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
  • Luca McManus / Matthew Jezyk def. Julian Tantera / Javier Lopez Real 6-2
  • Naithaolin Golmei / Thomas Friesen def. Pablo Lopez Real / Martin Capdevilla 6-3
  • Oscar Wai / Hugh O'Sullivan def. Juan Carrasco / Mateo Batista 4-5
Singles
  • Oscar Wai def. Martin Capdevilla 6-0, 7-6
  • Luca McManus def. Julian Tantera 7-6, 7-6
  • Santiago Sarudiansky def. Matthew Jezyk 7-5, 6-2
  • Mateo Batista def. Thomas Friesen 6-2, 7-6
  • Naithaolin Golmei def. Javier Lopez Real 4-6, 6-1, 7-6
  • Juan Carrasco def. Diego Blanco Goytia 6-2, 6-4

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The No. 17 Huntington men's tennis team competed Saturday morning against No. 7 Holy Cross, falling 4–3, at the Eck Tennis Pavilion on the campus of Notre Dame. The Foresters battled throughout the lineup, with several closely contested matches keeping the outcome in doubt.

The deciding point came at No. 5 singles, where a competitive match was underway before Holy Cross clinched the team victory after nearly four hours of play. Despite the final score, Huntington showed resilience against one of the nation's top-ranked opponents. With the loss, the Foresters drop to 5–2 on the season. 

Huntington returns to action March 2nd when they travel to Bethel University in Tennessee for the Bethel Invitational. First serve is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. 

SINGLES RECAP 
1. Oscar Wai (Holy Cross) def. Martin Capdevilla (HU) 6-0, 7-6 
2. Luca McManus (Holy Cross) def. Julian Tantera (HU) 7-6, 7-6 
3. Santiago Sarudiansky (HU) def. Matthew Jezyk (Holy Cross) 7-5, 6-2 
4. Mateo Batista (HU) def. Thomas Friesen (Holy Cross) 6-2, 7-6 
5. Naithaolin Golmei (Holy Cross) def. Javier Lopez Real (HU) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 
6. Juan Carrasco (HU) def. Diego Blanco Goytia (Holy Cross) 6-2, 6-4 

DOUBLES RECAP 
1. McManus/Jezyk (Holy Cross) def. Tantera/Javier Lopez Real (HU) 6-2 
2. Friesen/Naithaolin Golmei (Holy Cross) def. Pablo Lopez Real/Capdevilla (HU) 6-3 
3. Carrasco/Batista (HU) def. Wai/Hugh O'Sullivan (Holy Cross) 6-4 

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 181 NAIA All-America honors and 631 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. Huntington has a top quartile ranking in the 2026 U.S. News Best Regional Universities Midwest Rankings.