Skidmore Wins Liberty League Championship, Heads to NCAA Tournament

ITHACA — The Skidmore College men’s tennis team won the Liberty League title match 4-3 over Vassar College last Sunday, clinching their spot in the NCAA Division III tournament. The 16-5 Thoroughbreds will face 12-4 Bridgewater State University in first-round action on Friday, May 8.

Skidmore, which is ranked 24th nationally, has now won 16 Liberty League titles. This is their first since 2021 and their first under Head Coach AJ Nelson.

In the match against Vassar, Tournament Most Outstanding Player Kyle Lundberg swung the momentum back in Skidmore’s favor, and freshman Ege Topbas closed it out. Vassar claimed each of the first three singles decisions, but Lundberg swung momentum right back with a clutch 7-5, 7-5 win over Fernando Bauermeister to pull the Thoroughbreds to within one with two tight matches still going on. Radin Sadeghi knotted it up at three with a three-set triumph (6-4, 1-6, 6-1) at fifth singles over Jonas Santos. Then, Topbas got a break in the last game to take the third set, 6-4, over Junchen Jia in the No. 4 match to clinch the championship for Skidmore.