Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The George Mason University men's tennis team opened the 2024 dual season this weekend with a pair of matches against some of the top programs in the region.
 
Georgetown 4, George Mason 2
 
The Patriots battled in their dual season-opening match in Burke on Saturday night before falling to Georgetown, 4-2.
 
Mason won a pair of singles matches to highlight the evening.
 
 Junior Niza Simunyola picked up a victory at No. 3 singles to lead the charge. Simunyola knocked off the Hoyas' Kieran Foster in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2.
 
At No. 4, graduate student Momin Khan also picked up a win. He knocked off Sahil Morey in a marathon match, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
 
Results
Doubles
#1 Fellows/Fellows (GU) def. Lotlikar/Simunyola (GMU), 7-5
#2 O'Sullivan/Morgenstern (GU) def. Pedraza/Arends (GMU), 6-2
#3 Pablo/Williams (GU) def. Fahim/Khan (GMU), 6-1
 
Singles
#1 Fellows (GU) def. Lotlikar (GMU), 6-3, 6-2
#2 O'Sullivan (GU) def. Arends (GMU), 6-3, 7-5
#3 Simunyola (GMU) def. Foster (GU), 7-5, 6-2
#4 Khan (GMU) def. Morey (GU) def. Morey (GU), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
#5 Morgenstern (GU) def. Pedraza (GMU), 6-2, 6-2
#6 Pablo (GU) vs/ Fahim (GMU), 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 (uf)
 
Liberty 6, George Mason 1
 
The Patriots traveled to Lynchburg on Sunday for a 5 p.m. match. The Patriots picked up one point in the match, courtesy of Jacco Arends. He took down Liberty's Matija Samardzic in three sets. After winning the first, 6-4, he fell in the second, 6-2. But Arends rebounded to take set three, 6-2.
 
Results
Doubles
#1 Hadzimehmedovic/Thomas-Smith (LU) vs. Lotlikar/Simunyola (GMU), 4-3 (unfinished)
#2 Longwe-Smit/Da Silva (LU) def. Pedraza/Arends (GMU), 6-3
#3 Miguel/Samardzic (LU) def. Postin/Khan (GMU), 6-3
 
Singles
#1 Marques Da Silva (LU) def. Lotlikar (GMU), 7-5, 6-2
#2 Felipe Miguel (LU) def. Simunyola (GMU), 6-0, 6-1
#3 Arends (GMU) def. Samardzic (LU), 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
#4 Hadzimehmedovic (LU) def. Khan (GMU), 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-3)
#5 Santiago Arraez (LU) def. Alvaro Pedraza (GMU) 6-1, 6-1
#6 Robinson (LU) def. Fahim (GMU), 6-3, 6-3
 
The Patriots return to action Saturday with a 10 a.m. contest at Navy.