3/28/26
Toms River, NJ-Mercer men’s tennis opened the 2026 season with an 8-1 win at Ocean. Freshman Jose Valencia (Quito, Ecuador/Prviate Educacional Modelo Politernico) did not lose a point in his 6-0, 6-0 win at 2nd Singles. Freshmen Adeleke Oni (Baltimore, MD) and Adegoke Oni (Baltimore, MD) each got wins at 3rd ( 6-0, 6-1) and 4th Singles (6-2, 6-0). Freshman Dylan Stemmer (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington) got a 6-1, 6-1 win at 5th Singles and freshman Christian Ciron (Ewing, NJ/Ewing HS) won 6-2, 6-4 at 6th Singles.
Mercer won all three flights of their Doubles matches. Freshman Joe Zemaitis (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick HS) and Valencia won 8-4 at 1st Doubles and the Oni brothers won 8-0 at 2nd Doubles. Stemmer and Ciron teamed up at 3rd Doubles for an 8-3 win.
Mercer next travels to RCSJ Gloucester for a 3:30 PM match.