Alfred, Houghton and Stevens Serve Up Wins
Alfred 9, Utica 0
The Alfred University men's tennis team shut out visiting Utica College Saturday afternoon to improve to 10-6 overall and 2-1 in Empire 8 play.
In singles play, AU got wins from sophomore
Connor Doud, 6-0, 6-0 in first singles; senior
Peter Benoit, 6-2, 6-0 in second singles; senior
Stefan Nonnenmann (New Providence, NJ/New Providence), 6-2, 6-3 in third singles; senior
Eric Teller, 6-0, 6-1 in fourth singles; senior
Dalton Divine, 6-0, 6-0 in fifth singles; and sophomore
Matt Baloga, a winner in sixth singles by forfeit.
Doud and Nonnenmann won first doubles, 8-3; Benoit and freshman Pat Brown won second doubles, 8-2); and Teller and freshman
Evan Haskins claimed third doubles by forfeit.
Houghton 6, Hartwick 3
Houghton men's tennis won six of nine matches to earn a home victory over Hartwick College on Saturday.
Houghton took two of three doubles matches in exciting fashion to open the day. Brennen Campbell and Matt James fought back from a 3-6 deficit to win 8-6 in first doubles and the tandem of Nathan Aston and Dan Thompson won their third doubles match in an 11-9 tie-break.
Campbell earned a win in first singles (6-2, 6-2), with Chase Rangel (6-2, 2-6, 10-5) taking third singles, Dan Hammers (6-1, 6-1) winning fourth singles, and Aston (6-1, 6-1) winning sixth singles.
Stevens 9, St. John Fisher 0
Stevens wasted no time in jumping all over the Cardinals, opening the match with three straight doubles wins. Sophomore
Matthew Heinrich and freshman
Antonio Perich got the winning going with an 8-2 win at No. 1 over junior Pat McGrath and senior Sheldon Mitchell, before sophomore
Jacob Thigpen and freshman
Brett Derrington moved the Ducks edge to 2-0 with an 8-0 win at No. 3.
In second doubles, sophomores
Ben Foran and
Tyler Tisdale completed the sweep with a commanding 8-2 win.
Stevens continued to cruise once singles started with Perich's straight-set win at No. 4 over freshman Adam Moran. Thigpen won at No. 6, 6-1, 6-1 to clinch the match before Heinrich picked-up a straight-set win at No. 1 over McGrath.
The Ducks continued to build their lead with Foran's straight-set win at second singles over sophomore Nathanial Ligon, and finished off the win with Tisdale's win at No. 5 followed by freshman
Michael Feldman's win at No. 3
The win was Heinrich's twelfth of the year from the No. 1 spot, while Feldman moved to 10-5 and Tigpen went to 3-0.
Stevens 8, Nazareth 1
Stevens once again gained an early lead thanks to a doubles sweep starting with Derrignton and Thigpen's 8-0 win at No. 3 over junior Matt Jennings and sophomore Brian Rosiek. Heinrich and Perich won their eighth match together at No. 1, 8-1 over sophomore Tyler Williams and senior Erik Manske before freshman
Charles Drake and Feldman polished off the sweep with an 8-2 win at No. 2.
The win was the seventh of the year for the Drake and Feldman duo.
In singles, Derrington started the Ducks scoring with a straight-set win at No. 5, followed by Heinrich's 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 1 over Williams to clinch the match. Feldman continued the win-streak with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 2 before Perich extended the lead with a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 4 over senior Nick Lord.
Stevens picked-up their eighth and final point with a 6-3, 6-1 win for Drake over sophomore Scott Trobert at No. 3, but Nazareth bounced-back with a tiebreaking win in the third set at No. 6 to salvage a point for the team.