Stevens Sweeps of Ithaca and Beats Elmira 8-1; Alfred Hands Hartwick 7-2 Setback
The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s tennis team moved to 4-0 in the Empire 8 Conference with wins over Ithaca College and Elmira College on Sunday. In other action, Alfred defeated Hartwick, 7-2, for its first conference win of the season.
Stevens 9, Ithaca 0 -
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The Ducks, ranked No. 13 in the Northeast region on Thursday, started the day off with a sweep of Ithaca, with only one singles match even going into a tiebreaker. Freshman
Matthew Heinrich (Hendersonville, Tenn.) and senior
Chris Rosensteel (East Windsor, N.J.) - the No. 3 doubles pairing in the region – started things off with a spotless 8-0 victory at first doubles and were followed shortly after by the third doubles pairing of freshman
Tyler Tisdale (Grapevine, Texas) and junior
Derek Smith (Boise, Idaho), who won 8-3, and the second doubles duo of freshman
Ben Foran (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) and senior
Shota Tasaki (Greenwich, Conn.), who edged out their opponents, 8-5.
Tasaki and Foran quickly dispatched their opponents at third (6-1, 6-0) and fourth (6-1, 6-0) singles, respectively. Rosensteel, ranked the No. 8 singles player in the region, closed out his match at second singles with a 6-1, 6-3 win and Heinrich, ranked the No. 15 singles player, followed shortly after, moving to a perfect 2-0 at first singles with a 6-2, 6-4 victory. Smith cruised to the win at sixth singles as well, 6-2, 6-4, and Tisdale finally capped the morning with a heart-pounding 6-7 (5), 6-1, 11-9 tiebreaker to complete the sweep.
Stevens 8, Elmira 1 -
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The Ducks carried the momentum straight into the second match just an hour later. Heinrich and Rosensteel locked up another decisive 8-1 win at first doubles, followed by Tisdale’s and Smith’s 8-0 victory at second doubles as Foran and Tasaki were given a rest. Sophomore
Daniel Szwarc (Metuchen, N.J.) and freshman
Jacob Thigpen (Birmingham, Ala.) put up a fight at third doubles but ultimately fell, 8-6.
Heinrich and Rosensteel swept their opponents by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores at first and second doubles, respectively, and were soon followed by Foran and Tisdale, who picked up the wins at third (6-2, 6-0) and fourth (6-3, 6-0) singles, respectively. Smith and senior
Brian Liebeskind (Basking Ridge, N.J.) rounded out the match with a 6-0, 6-3 victory at fifth singles and a 6-0, 6-2 win at sixth singles, respectively.
Head Coach Steve Gachko and the Ducks will host Vassar College (6-11), which is ranked No. 12 in the Northeast and boasts the No. 5 singles player in the region in Andrew Guzik, on Wednesday, April 17 at 4 p.m.
Alfred 7, Hartwick 2
SINGLES
1. Connor Doud (ALF) def. Peter Dumas (H) 6-2, 6-4
2. Peter Benoit (ALF) def. Brian Reddar (H) 6-2, 6-4
3. Daniel Baruch (ALF) def Will Gilbraith (H) 6-3, 6-3
4. Michael Graham (ALF) def. Liam Brown (H) 6-2, 6-3
5. Sean Coppola (H) def Lucas Krenzer (ALF) 6-2, 6-1
6. Trenton Berardi (ALF) def Keith O'Connor (H), forfeit
DOUBLES
1. Dumas/Redder (H) def Doud/Benoit (ALF) 8-3
2. Graham/Berardi (ALF) def. Gilbraith/Brown (H) 8-6
3. Baruch/Krenzer (ALF) def Coppola/O'Conner (H) 8-4