Elmira Blanks CSAC Favorites Marywood for Third Straight Win
Score: Elmira College 9 – Marywood University 0
Records: Elmira (3-3), Marywood (0-3)
Location: Birchwood Tennis Club – Clarks Summit, Pa.
CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. -- The Elmira College men's tennis team produced its second-consecutive sweep, as the Soaring Eagles throttled the favorites to win the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC), Marywood University, by a 9-0 final score at the Birchwood Tennis Club in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. Not only was EC victorious in every match, the Purple and Gold won 96-of-110 games played this afternoon en route to its third straight win.
Elmira made quick work of its opposition in doubles action, surrendering just four games in the three victories.
Patrick Tracey '18 and
Theo Tran '20 continued their stellar play with an 8-2 win at the top spot, the duo's fourth consecutive victory.
Anthony Colavito '20 and
Yaniv Kogan '18 teamed up for an 8-1 win at the second spot, their third straight win as a pair, while
Jordan Curtis '19 and
Stephen Gervase '20 joined for their first win as a tandem at the third spot, 8-1.
Singles action proved to be much of the same for the Soaring Eagles, who earned straight-set victories at each of the six spots to secure the win. EC's wins began at the third position with Tracey thumping his counterpart from Marywood by a 6-0, 6-0 score. It marked the second straight match that the Bardonia, New York, native produced a win without dropping a single game in singles action.
Kogan, who moved up to the fourth spot in today's lineup, earned the match-deciding win with a no-nonsense 6-2, 6-0 victory. With the win, Kogan, along with Tracey, moved into a three-way tie for fifth place in program history for career singles victories (21).
Elmira's dominance continued with 6-2, 6-1 and 6-3, 6-0 wins from rookie talents Colavito and Tran at the second and first singles positions, respectively. The two freshmen, along with Kogan and Tracey, increased their win streak in singles action to three straight.
Rounding out today's play were Gervase and Curtis, who breezed past their foes from Marywood with 6-1, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-2 wins at the fifth and sixth spots, respectively. The wins for both players improved their 2016-17 singles records above .500.
In His Own Words…
Head Coach
Tom Linhart shares his thoughts on Elmira's play today…
"Overall we really dictated play today. We are really starting to hit our stride and it showed in both singles and doubles. We were in control in all of our matches and played to our level."
Coach Linhart on earning a win against a team favored to win its conference…
"Anytime you can pick up a win over a solid team that is accustomed to winning in such dominant fashion is a great confidence boost. We truly dominated up and down the lineup today."
Coach Linhart on picking up another 9-0 sweep…
"All the hard work has really started to show. On the doubles court we are simply the dominant team inside the court. We are serving big, attacking, and really finishing at the net better than the teams we have been playing. In singles, we are starting to really play to our level and within ourselves, and it shows our ability to take control of matches."
Scores
Singles
1.
Theo Tran (ELMIRA) def. Price, Steven (MARYWOOD) 6-3, 6-0
2.
Anthony Colavito (ELMIRA) def. Scholl, Bryon (MARYWOOD) 6-1, 6-1
3.
Patrick Tracey (ELMIRA) def. O'Rourke, Brendan (MARYWOOD) 6-0, 6-0
4.
Yaniv Kogan (ELMIRA) def. Shebby, John (MARYWOOD) 6-2, 6-0
5.
Stephen Gervase (ELMIRA) def. Sanborn III, Eddie (MARYWOOD) 6-1, 6-0
6.
Jordan Curtis (ELMIRA) def. Fall, Momar (MARYWOOD) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1. Tracey/Tran (ELMIRA) def. Price/Scholl (MARYWOOD) 8-2
2. Colavito/Kogan (ELMIRA) def. O'Rourke/Shebby(MARYWOOD) 8-1
3. Curtis/Gervase (ELMIRA) def. Munoz-Santos/Sanborn (MARYWOOD) 8-1
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (13,2,4,5,6)
News and Notes
- Elmira extended its win streak to three straight matches.
- EC picked up its second consecutive 9-0 victory.
- The Soaring Eagles are .500 for the first time this season (3-3).
- Today marked the first road win for Elmira since April 16, 2016, when EC edged Alfred University, 5-4.
- Today was also the first time in program history the Soaring Eagles have defeated Marywood.
- Elmira earned its first 9-0 win on the road since shutting out Utica College on April 25, 2015.
- Kogan and Tracey moved into a three-way tie for fifth place in EC history for career singles wins (21).
- Colavito and Tracey are tied for the team lead in singles wins with four apiece.
Up Next
Elmira will look to make it four wins in a row next Monday, March 27, when the Soaring Eagles welcome the Giants of Keystone College for a non-league showdown. The bout is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at EC's Murray Athletic Center in Pine Valley, New York.