EASTON, Pa. - For the final time in 2026, the Lafayette men's tennis team competed at home on the Leopard Courts. The Maroon and White hosted Wagner on Wednesday and the visitors left College Hill with a narrow 4-3 win.

The squad garnered two victories in doubles. Lafayette's John Dickens and Piotr Kowalik defeated Vibhu Challagundla and Joshua Zhao by a score of 7-5. The other Leopard doubles team to emerge victorious was led by Andreas Foong and Tomas Grygalis, as they took down Tyler Nguyen and Lukas Escher 7-6 (9-7).

Senior Derrin Lerner was the lone Leopard to win a singles match. The chemical engineering major defeated Challagundla 7-6 (7-2).

Full match results can be found below:

Singles Results

1. Lukas Escher (Wagner) def. Andreas Foong (Lafayette), 6-4, 6-1

2. Eddie Schmidt (Wagner def. Piotr Kowalik (Lafayette), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4

3. Nicola Bottelberghs (Wagner) def. Aiden Mahaffey (Lafayette), 6-0, 6-0

4. Joshua Zha (Wagner) def. John Dickens (Lafayette), 6-2, 7-5

5. Derrin Lerner (Lafayette) def. Vibhu Challagundla (Wagner), 7-6 (7-2)

6. Tyler Mahaffey (Lafayette) def. Tyler Nguyen (Wagner) Ret.

Doubles Results

1. Nicola Bottelberghs/Eddie Schmidt (Wagner) def. Owen Studdiford/Derrin Lerner (Lafayette), 6-1

2. John Dickens/Piotr Kowalik (Lafayette) def. Vibhu Challagundla/Joshua Zhao (Wagner), 7-5

3. Andreas Foong/Tomas Grygalis (Lafayette) def. Tyler Nguyen/Lukas Escher (Wagner), 7-6 (11-9)

The Leopards travel to Hofstra to take on the Pride this Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
 

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