2025 Men's Tennis Season Preview

By Will DeBoer

2/13/2025 11:00:00 AM

2024 IN REVIEW

The Salisbury University men's tennis team posted a 14-5 record during the 2024 season, finishing the year ranked 33rd nationally in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) polls. Gianluca Beaujon and Jhayden Pappas each earned All-Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) First Team selections for singles, as well as making Second-Team doubles as a pair. The Sea Gulls took down Pratt in the C2C Tournament quarterfinals before bowing to Mary Washington in the semis.

THE 2025 SEA GULLS

Gianluca Beaujon | Sr. - Willemstad, Curacao

Jhayden Pappas | Sr. - Dover, Del.

Gurv Suri | So. - New Windsor, N.Y.

Aron Bursztyn | Jr. - South Setauket, N.Y.

Mitchell Desman | Jr. - Moorestown, N.J.

Russell Willenborg | 5th - Fork, Md.

KEY RETURNERS

Aron Bursztyn | Jr. - South Setauket, N.Y.

Singles: 9-8 | Doubles: 17-4

Gianluca Beaujon | Sr. - Willamstad, Curacao

Singles: 13-5 | Doubles: 15-6

Christopher Catan | Sr. - Oneonta, N.Y.

Singles: 6-2 | Doubles: 3-0

Mitchell Desman | Sr. - Morristown, N.J.

Singles: 5-2 | Doubles: 17-4

Tim Holt | Jr. - Lusby, Md.

Singles: 2-3 | Doubles: 1-0

Jhayden Pappas | Sr. - Dover, Del.

Singles: 6-13 | Doubles: 15-6

Gurv Suri | So. - New Windsor, N.Y.

Singles: 18-3 | Doubles: 12-7

Russell Willenborg | 5th - Fork, Md.

Singles: 11-9 | Doubles: 4-0

2025 Men's Tennis Roster

There's a sense of excitement this time of year every year. The way the schedule is set up and the way the team is structured, we're very excited to get started. I think a top-20 finish and a conference title are the sort of things we're looking at as achievable, and we want to reach the NCAA Tournament without needing to rely on a committee's decision.

Randy Halfpap, Salisbury Head Men's Tennis Coach