EWING, N.J. – The TCNJ men's tennis team worked overtime for its biggest win of the season.
 
Harrison Maitland-Carter, Faris Shehata, Aidan Twamley, and Brett Schuster all pulled out three-set singles victories – Shehata and Schuster in tiebreakers – to spark the Lions to a 5-2 upset of No. 30 Haverford on a warm Wednesday afternoon at the Tennis Complex.
 
The victory – over a Fords team that edged them 4-3 a year ago – was the blue and gold's first in three tries against a nationally ranked opponent.
 
The Lions (8-4) took the doubles point with wins on the top two courts, first a 6-3 win for Nathan Chan and Alberto Thomas at number two. The rubber match came in the number one flight, where Harrison Maitland-Carter and Asa Wong broke midway through the set and held on for a 6-4 victory against Marko Arboleda and Roberto Vazquez.
 
Haverford (6-8) quickly countered with convincing victories at number one and number three singles to take a 2-1 lead. The last four courts went the distance – and the Lions claimed them all.
 
Maitland-Carter held off Arboleda 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 at number two singles to level the dual. That made it a best-of-three with the bottom three courts still at large.
 
Two of those remaining three-setters went all the way – to a third-set tiebreak. Schuster provided a crucial point by edging Lucio Kombo 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (5) at number six, and Twamley was moments behind with the clincher, a 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 defeat of Caden Hsia at number five.
 
With the result already sewed up, Shehata went all the way to defeat Teo Bortan 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3) at number four.
 
NOTES

• Maitland-Carter tied Phil Stevinson (1994-98) for 3^rd on the program's all-time list with his 68^th career doubles win
• Thomas became the 13^th player in program history to reach 60 doubles victories
• Wong netted his 50^th career overall win – 45 of which have come in doubles
• Schuster now has 90 career wins

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