No. 25 Stevens Wins Twice At Season-Opening Invitational

No. 25 Stevens Wins Twice At Season-Opening Invitational

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FREDERICKSBURG, Va . (February 21, 2016) - The No. 25 Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team topped No. 22 North Carolina Wesleyan College 8-1 and Washington College 6-3, but fell to No. 16 University of Mary Washington over the weekend at the Mary Washington Invitational.

The two-day event took place on the campus of Mary Washington.

Stevens 8, N.C. Wesleyan 1

The Ducks stormed out to the big advantage thanks to a 3-0 sweep at doubles. Seniors Matthew Heinrich and Ben Foran teamed-up for the 8-4 win at first doubles over the No. 9 ranked doubles team in the Atlantic South region, while freshman Kyle Cenderelli and sophomore Kyle Henry pulled-out a hard fought 8-6 victory at No. 2.

Sophomore Danny Polk and junior Charles Drake mirrored the win at second doubles with an 8-6 win of their own at No. 3.

Heinrich dropped the second set at first singles over regionally ranked Ioannis Brokakis, but recovered with a 6-2 win in the third to take the match 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Drake recovered from a first set loss to take the final two, including a tie-breaker win in the second, to take the win, while Foran won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4.

Junior Michael Feldman won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 in his first action of the spring, and Cenderelli picked-up his first collegiate singles win with a 6-4, 6-4 victory at No. 5.

N.C. Wesleyan's No. 7 regionally-ranked Sebastian Sikh took the win at No. 2 in Stevens' only loss of the match.

Matthew Heinrich (STE) def. Ioannis Brokakis (NCWM) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
Sebastian Sikh (NCWM) def. Danny Polk (STE) 6-4, 6-4
Charles Drake (STE) def. Mark Sokolov (NCWM) 0-6, 7-5, 6-1
Ben Foran (STE) def. J.D. Telles (NCWM) 6-2, 6-2
Michael Feldman (STE) def. Richard Gende (NCWM) 6-1, 6-1
Kyle Cenderelli (STE) def. Mikhail Konnov (NCWM) 6-4, 6-4

Matthew Heinrich/Ben Foran (STE) def. Ioannis Brokakis/Sebastian Sikh (NCWM) 8-4
Kyle Cenderelli/Kyle Henry (STE) def. J.D. Telles/Mikhail Konnov (NCWM) 8-6
Danny Polk/Charles Drake (STE) def. Eduardo Ugalde/Peter Hviid (NCWM) 8-6

Mary Washington 6, Stevens 3

Mary Washington captured wins at second and third doubles, but the Ducks got the win at No. 1 with Heinrich/Foran's 8-5 win over regionally-ranked Stratton Gilmore and Brandon Griffin.

Heinrich won for the third time overall with a 6-4, 7-6 win at first singles over No. 42 Gilmore, while Foran overcame a first set loss to get the win at No. 4, 4-6, 7-5, 10-5.

That's all the winning the Ducks would get however as Mary Washington pulled-off straight-set wins at second, third, fifth, and sixth to seal the match.

Matthew Heinrich (STE) def. Stratton Gilmore (MW) 8-5
David Lunding-Johansson (MW) def. Danny Polk (STE) 6-2, 6-3
Brandon Griffin (MW) def. Charles Drake (STE) 6-0, 6-4
Ben Foran (STE) def. Eric Hurwitz (MW) 4-6, 7-5, 10-5
Patrick Hughes (MW) def. Michael Feldman (STE) 7-5, 6-2
Matt Miles (MW) def. Kyle Henry (STE) 6-4, 6-1

Matthew Heinrich/Ben Foran (STE) def. Stratton Gilmore/Brandon Griffin (MW) 8-5
Eric Hurwtiz/Nolan Perugini (MW) def. Kyle Cenderelli/Kyle Henry (STE) 9-8
Alex Cragg/David Lunding/Johansson (MW) def. Danny Polk/Charles Drake (STE) 8-4

Stevens 6, Washington 3

Polk and Henry won 9-7 in their season debut together at first doubles as the Ducks swept doubles with Foran and junior Antonio Perich's 8-2 win at No. 2, and Cenderelli and Drake's 8-4 win at No. 3.

Drake continued his winning with a straight-set, 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 2, while sophomore William Persson made his season debut with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 4.

Freshman Divian Sarthak captured the 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 5 in his first collegiate singles win to round-out the Stevens scoring for the match.

Richard Boyd (WC) def. Danny Polk (STE) 7-6 (4), 7-5
Charles Drake (STE) def. Chris Salisbury (WC) 6-1, 6-4
Jake Sandler (WC) def. Michael Feldman (STE) 6-4, 6-4
William Persson (STE) def. Justin Panepinto (WC) 6-1, 6-2
Divian Sarthak (STE) def. Jeremy Novick (WC) 6-1, 6-3
Garrett Boleslav (WC) def. Jacob Thigpen (STE) 6-1, 6-2

Danny Polk/Kyle Henry (STE) def. Richard Boyd/Justin Panepinto (WC) 9-7
Ben Foran/Antonio Perich (STE) def. Chris Salisbury/Jeremy Novick (WC) 8-2
Kyle Cenderelli/Charles Drake (STE) def. Jake Sandler/Zack Novick (WC) 8-4

UP NEXT

The Ducks will play their first home match of the season Wednesday when they host No. 31 Swarthmore College at the Binghampton Racquet Club.

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