NEW YORK, N.Y.— After a regular season that was nearly flawless, the Yeshiva University men's tennis team is set to embark on its quest to win the 2014 Skyline Conference postseason championship.
 
Having earned the No. 2 seed for the tournament, the Maccabees will square off in a semifinal round matchup against No. 3 seed Farmingdale State College on Thursday at the Binghamton Racquet Club in Edgewater, N.J. at 8 p.m. If Yeshiva wins that match, the Maccabees will vie for the Skyline Conference championship on Sunday against the winner of Thursday's other semifinal round match between No. 1 seed Mount Saint Mary's College (MSMC) and No. 4 seed St. Joseph's-Long Island. If MSMC wins its semifinal round match, it will host the championship. If St. Joseph's-Long Island wins, the Yeshiva vs. Farmingdale State winner will host the championship.
 
"This is a very exciting time for Yeshiva men's tennis and it's great that the team has earned this opportunity," said head coach Ira Miller. "I think we're prepared for whatever comes our way. Each player and doubles team is aware of exactly what they need to do to maximize their performance."
 
Yeshiva goes into the tournament with an 11-2 overall record, including a 9-1 mark this spring. Against Skyline foes, the Maccabees finished 5-1, with their lone blemish being a 5-4 loss against MSMC (4/6). Otherwise, Yeshiva has been perfect this spring, beating each opponent, Skyline and non Skyline, by 9-0 scores.
 
In addition to the Skyline Conference teams of Farmingdale State (3/27), Polytechnic of NYU (4/8), St. Joseph's-Long Island (4/3), Purchase College (4/9) and Sage College (3/30), Yeshiva earned 9-0 wins against non conference opponents City College of New York (4/1), Lehman College (3/19), Sarah Lawrence College (3/12) and York College (3/9). During the fall, the Maccabees earned an 8-1 win over Rutgers University of Camden (10/13) and a 6-3 win over Bard College (10/18).
 
Only once this spring did a singles match go into a third set, and Yeshiva won a combined forty-seven sets 6-0 and thirteen times singles players beat their opponents 6-0, 6-0. Overall, Yeshiva holds 67-11 record in singles matches and a 33-6 record in doubles.
 
Igal Mostkov is 9-0 this season, while holding down the No. 1 singles spot, while teammate Dmitri Lebedyev had gone 8-1 at the No. 2 singles position. Steven Jemal has been the primary No. 3 player, going 6-1 there. He has also filled in at No. 1 and went 3-0 in that spot. Jeremy Seftel has played at least one match in each position, except No. 1. Overall he has gone 10-2, including 5-1 at No. 4 and 3-0 at No. 2. Charles Saka has been the primary No. 5 player. Overall he is 10-3, which includes a 4-2 record at No. 5 and 4-0 at No. 3. Robby Rubin has primarily played the No. 6 singles; he is 9-1, which includes 4-1 at No. 6 and 3-0 at No. 4. Other players who have seen time on the court this season include Meir Burke (1-0), Jeremy Forman (0-1), Akiva Katz (6-1) and Avi Seidman (4-0).