No. 38 Stevens moves to 4-0 in E8 play with straight-set wins

No. 38 Stevens moves to 4-0 in E8 play with straight-set wins

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April 8, 2017

The Basics
  • Score: No. 38 Stevens Institute of Technology Men's Tennis 9 Alfred University 0
  • Score: No. 38 Stevens Institute of Technology Men's Tennis 9 Houghton College 0
  • Location: Olean, N.Y. (Alfred); Kerr-Pergula Field House. Houghton, N.Y. (Houghton)
  • Short Story: No. 38 Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis returned to Empire 8 Conference play with sweeps of Alfred and Houghton Saturday.
  • The records: Stevens: 6-9; 4-0 (E8); Alfred: 2-5; 0-3 (E8); Houghton: 9-3; 2-1 (E8)

How It Happened
  • In the day's opener, Kyle Henry earned a 6-2, 6-1 win over Alfred's Kevin Volz to open scoring. 
  • Stevens earned shutout wins in three of the remaining five singles flights to open a 6-0 lead after singles.
  • Henry and Antonio Perich defeated Volz and Patrick Brown (8-1) at second doubles to keep the momentum with the Ducks.
  • Stevens closed out the shutout win over the Saxons with an 8-3 and 8-0 victories at second and third doubles.
  • After the drive to Houghton, the Ducks only dropped five points in the doubles flights in earning the victory.
  • Michael Feldman and David Shulz earned a shutout win at No. 2 doubles. 
  • Kyle Henry and Antonio Perich, and William Persson and Divin Sarthak also earned easy wins at doubles.
  • On the singles side of the match, Kyle Henry earned a straight-set 6-1, 6-3 victory at first singles.
  • William Persson and Michael Feldman each dropped only two points at second and third singles. 
  • Antonio Perich's shutout win at sixth singles closed the match.

Singles Results (Alfred)
Doubles Results (Alfred)
Singles Results (Houghton)
  • Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. Zach Shilvock (HCMT16) 6-1, 6-3
  • William Persson (STEVENS) def. Jordan Crouch (HCMT16) 6-2, 6-1
  • Michael Feldman (STEVENS) def. Michael Cha (HCMT16) 6-1, 6-2
  • David Shulz (STEVENS) def. Jordan Scott (HCMT16) 6-2, 6-3
  • Divin Sarthak (STEVENS) def. Jake Fisler (HCMT16) 7-5, 6-2
  • Antonio Perich (STEVENS) def. Bjorn Webb (HCMT16) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles Results (Houghton)
From the Court
  • "The road trip was long,  but everyone came out and competed hard and took care of business. It's nice leaving the weekend with a pair of wins. We will look to continue this momentum against NYU on Wednesday." - Michael Feldman