Five Men's Tennis Players Earn All-American Honors in Historic Performance at National Championship

The 2025 MCCC men’s tennis season ended with tying the program’s highest ever finish.  The Vikings fell just 3.5 points shy of winning the national title with Oxford College at Emory winning their eight straight title with 20 points and MCCC finishing with 16.5 points.  The 3.5 points is the closest Mercer men’s tennis has ever come within winning the national title.  Mercer finished a commanding 6.5 points ahead of third place RCSJ Gloucester.

The 2025 men’s performance at the NJCAA Division III National Championship also marked one of the program’s best all-around performances by the team with five of its players earning All-American honors, the most at a national championship, including four players earning honors in Singles flights.

Sophomore Peyton Miller (Ewing, NJ/Ewing HS) became the fourth player in MCCC men’s tennis history to win the national title at 1^st Singles, earning him All-American honors. 

Freshman Marcin Gniadzik (Piensk, Poland/Braci Sniadeckich) earned All-American honors at 4^th Singles and 2^nd Doubles, winning the national title in both his Singles and Doubles flights.  Freshman Jake Tavel (Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham) earned 1^st Team All-American honors with Gniadzik at 2^nd Doubles and earned 2^nd Team All-American honors at 2^nd Singles, having reaching the championship final at that flight.

Freshman Michael Satawa (Cottage Valley, NY/Nyack HS) earned Second Team All-American honors after reaching the championship match at 5^th Singles.  Freshman Boris Espinoza (Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham) earned 2^nd Team All-American honors at 6^th Singles at he reached the championship match at that flight.

Mercer had four All-American in one National Championship in 2016, the first time the Vikings finished ever finished in second place.  This is the first time MCCC had four players earn All-American honors in Singles matches in a National Championship.  This was also the first time Mercer had National Champions at 2^nd Doubles since 2011.

While the MCCC men’s tennis season fell points shy of a national title, history was made in what can be considered the Vikings’ best all-around performance at the National Championship.

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