Men’s Players of the Month
Alex Aguiar, Fairfield
Sr., San Juan, Puerto Rico, Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola
Alex Aguiar teamed with Diego Alcala to go 1-2 at the ITA Conference Masters Tournament. The pair was representing Fairfield and the MAAC as the winners of the MAAC Masters Tournament. After falling in the opening round, Aguiar and Alcala bounced back in the back draw to defeat DePaul's Alejandro Gandini, the reigning Big East Player of the Year, and Thomas Giles – the third-seeded team in the bracket – by a score of 6-4, 6-4. The Fairfield duo fell in the consolation bracket semifinals to Belmont's Sabi Roi and Stefan Vedovelli – the eventual winners of the back draw.
The 2026 MAAC Men's & Women's Tennis Championships are a four-team, single-elimination championships taking place on April 25-26 at Mercer County Park Tennis Center in West Windsor, NJ. The 2026 Championships will be the 14
th consecutive time the event is held at Mercer County Park Tennis Center dating back to the 2012 MAAC Men's & Women's Tennis Championships. For all information regarding the 2026 MAAC Men's & Women’s Tennis Championships, please visit
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 45th year of competition during the 2025-26 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena University.
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