Elmira and Stevens Post 7-2 Wins
Elmira 7, Penn State Behrend 2 Box Score
The Elmira College men's tennis team picked-up their first win of the 2014-15 season, defeating Penn State Behrend 7-2. All five players who suited up for the Purple and Gold today were victorious, helping EC overcome a 2-0 deficit.
The Soaring Eagles were placed in a 2-0 hole before the first point was played as an injury caused EC to forfeit the sixth singles and third doubles points to the Lions. That deficit did not seem to faze the Purple and Gold as they won all seven matches played at the Westwood Racquet Club to take the match, 7-2.
EC quickly tied up the match at 2-2 following wins at first and second doubles.
Keith Bujak '15 and
Satchal Waters '16 took care of Penn State Behrend's first double team, 8-2, while EC's second doubles team of
Austin Mansell '16 and
Chris Konow '18 shutout the Lions, 8-0.
Elmira's success continued in singles as four of the five matches were won in straight sets and saw Penn State Behrend win no more than four games. Bujak won at first singles, 6-1, 6-3, followed by Waters winning 6-2, 6-2 at the second position. Mansell had no issues at third singles, winning 6-0, 6-1, and Konow followed suit with a 6-1, 6-2 victory at fourth singles.
The only match to go more than two sets was at the fifth spot where
Yaniv Kogan'18 was playing in just his second career match. Kogan dropped a tight first set, 5-7, but he would drop just one game over the next two sets, winning 6-0, 6-1, to earn his first collegiate victory.
Elmira returns home next Sunday, March 8th to take on Oswego State. The non-conference match is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. at the Murray Athletic Center.
Singles Competition
1.
Keith Bujak (ELMIRA) def. David Buiter (BEHM) 6-1, 6-3
2.
Satchal Waters (ELMIRA) def. Christian Ponce (BEHM) 6-1, 6-2
3.
Austin Mansell (ELMIRA) def. Nick Kapty (BEHM) 6-0, 6-1
4.
Chris Konow (ELMIRA) def. Jeremy Burnheimer (BEHM) 6-1, 6-2
5.
Yaniv Kogan (ELMIRA) def. Brett Palmer (BEHM) 5-7, 6-0, 6-1
6. Max Morrow (BEHM) def. No player (ELMIRA), by forfeit
Doubles Competition
1. Bujak/Waters (ELMIRA) def. Buiter/Tomoiga (BEHM) 8-2
2. Konow/Mansell (ELMIRA) def. Kapty/Burnheimer (BEHM) 8-0
3. Norween Salalac/Craig Miranda (BEHM) def. No player/No player (ELMIRA), by forfeit
STEVENS 7, RPI 2 RESULTS
The No. 40 Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team overcame an early doubles defect Sunday to beat No. 38 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 7-2.
The win evens Stevens' record at 2-2 in a schedule that's featured three nationally ranked opponents. The loss dropped RPI to 2-1.
RPI grabbed the early lead with an 8-4 lead at second doubles, but the Ducks answered with juniors
Matthew Heinrich and
Ben Foran's 8-3 win at No. 1. RPI came back though with an 8-4 win at No. 3 over sophomore
Charles Drake and freshmen
Kyle Henry to take the 2-1 edge heading into singles.
Stevens evened the match with freshmen
Danny Polk's 6-2, 6-1 win at fifth singles before Heinrich grabbed the lead with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 1. Foran continued the streak with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2 followed by a match clinching win at No. 6 for Henry, 6-3, 6-3.
Drake dropped the first set of his match at No. 4, but came back to take the next two before sophomore
Michael Feldman rebounded from a second set loss to take the tiebreaking third at No. 3.
Heinrich and Drake each moved to 3-1 at singles while Heinrich and Foran moved to 3-1 at doubles.
The Ducks will return to the court Saturday in a road matchup with a No. 39 Swarthmore College.
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1. Matthew Heinrich (STEVENS) def. McKinley Grimes (RPIMT) 6-2, 6-2 |
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2. Ben Foran (STEVENS) def. Brandon Mazzara (RPIMT) 6-2, 6-1 |
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3. Michael Feldman (STEVENS) def. Tristan Wise (RPIMT) 6-4, 4-6, 10-3 |
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4. Charles Drake (STEVENS) def. Al Grullon Gonzalez (RPIMT) 4-6, 6-2, 10-3 |
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5. Danny Polk (STEVENS) def. Stephen Baxter (RPIMT) 6-2, 6-1 |
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6. Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. Sherman Uyeno (RPIMT) 6-3, 6-3 |