Brendan McDonald

Tim Zelikovsky

/ Men's Tennis

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Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Summit, N.J.
High School:
Summit

CAREER RECORDS ENTERING 2025-26 (Rank on Bucknell Career Wins Charts):
Singles: 49-38 (T-23rd)
Doubles: 73-29 (T-5th)
Total: 122-67 (9th)

2023-24 (Junior): Team captain on Bucknell's 2025 Patriot League championship squad ... primarily played No. 5 singles and No. 1 doubles alongside Amar Tahirovic ... finished 18-12 in singles and 27-11 in doubles ... 27 doubles wins were tied for fourth-most in a season in team history ... 17-8 in dual matches at No. 1 doubles, and in the fall teamed up with Tahirovic to win the Patriot League qualifier for the ITA Conference Masters ... won his Patriot League Tournament singles matches in straight sets against Lafayette and Lehigh, and went unfinished against Navy in the final ... in the NCAA Tournament at Virginia, had a 5-2 lead over the 23rd-ranked doubles team of Keegan Rice and James Hopper when the doubles point was clinched.

2023-24 (Sophomore): Regular starter for the Bison, primarily at No. 4 singles and No. 1 doubles ... finished 11-16 in singles and 21-13 in doubles ... 9-6 record in duals at No. 1 doubles with Amar Tahirovic ... also went 2-1 with Will Robinson late in the season, including a win over Colgate in the Patriot League Tournament ... at ITA Mid-Atlantic Regionals in the fall, won five straight matches with Tahirovic to reach the Round of 32 in the main draw ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23 (Freshman): Played a major role in Bucknell's success, finishing his rookie season 20-10 in singles and 25-5 in doubles ... 25 doubles wins were the most on the team and tied for sixth-most in a season in team history ... .800 doubles winning percentage is third-best in team history among players with 20 or more wins ... went 14-6 in singles in dual matches (4-1 at No. 4; 5-1 at No. 5; 5-4 at No. 6) ... went 7-1 in Patriot League duals ... only loss was a three-setter to Lehigh's Jordan Paul but avenged that defeat six days later to provide the clinching point in Bucknell's win over the Mountain Hawks in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals ... the following day won a three-set thriller in the semifinals against top-seeded Navy ... won both of his matches against Navy in the spring ... won at least one set in 19 of his 20 dual matches, including each of the last 19 ... 16-3 in doubles in dual matches, including a 10-1 mark at No. 1 ... had a 14-match doubles winning streak in the spring ... started the fall season 8-0 in doubles, including unbeaten weekends at the Bucknell and Villanova Invitationals ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Personal/Before Bucknell: Born Apr. 11, 2003 in Summit, N.J. … son of Patricia Piorkowski and Ian McDonald … youngest of four brothers: Maxwell, Ryan, and Alex … Max played tennis at Bucknell and was a co-captain as a senior in 2019 … trained with the Evert Tennis Academy in Florida after playing four years of varsity tennis at Summit H.S. … two-year team captain … earned Third Team All-State and First Team All-Group 2 honors in 2021 … No. 1 ranked player in Union County and No. 5 high school player in the state of New Jersey … helped lead his team to two sectional titles and a Union County championship … 4-star recruit from tennisrecruiting.net ... majoring in economics.