NEW YORK, NY – The men's tennis team defeated Mount Saint Mary on the road Tuesday night to improve to 3-3 (2-2) in their third straight win. After winning all three doubles games, the Macs won 5 of 6 singles matches, three of which were won in a tiebreaking set. The Knights fell to 3-5 (0-3).

Zach Charles and Joseph Itkis paired up to win first doubles 8-0. Seth Nayowitz and Sam Klein took second doubles 8-5, while Ephraim Liederman and Eddie Ashkenazie took third doubles 8-4.

In singles play, Charles made quick work of his opponent, winning 6-0, 6-1. Finishing right after him in similar fashion was Liederman, winning sixth singles 6-0, 6-0. Those wins gave Yeshiva the a 5-0 advantage and a guaranteed win. After Klein dropped his third singles effort 6-2, 6-2, it looked as if MSM was on a roll. 2nd (Itkis), 4th (Nayowitz), and 5th (Adam Weiss) singles players for Yeshiva had dropped their first sets. But each player rebounded to take the second set and force a tiebreaker. All three won the tiebreaker to give Yeshiva an 8-1 win.

Singles competition
1. Charles, Zach def. McNicholas, Mike 6-0, 6-1
2. Itkis, Joseph def. Jackson, Ian 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-4)
3. Ryan, Kevin def. Klein, Sam 6-2, 6-2
4. Nayowitz, Seth def. Como, John 1-6, 6-1, 1-0 (11-9)
5. Weiss, Adam def. Cangemi, Brian 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)
6. Liederman, Ephraim def. D'Angelico, Matt 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Charles, Zach/Itkis, Joseph def. Jackson, Ian/Ryan, Kevin 8-0
2. Nayowitz, Seth/Klein, Sam def. McNicholas, Mike/Como, John 8-5
3. Liederman, Ephraim/Ashkenazie, Eddie def. Cangemi, Brian/D'Angelico, Matt 8-4


The Macs will host St. Joiseph's tonight (Thursday) at 8PM at the Binghamton Racquet Club.