EDGEWATER, N.J. – The Yeshiva University men's tennis team opened the 2017 spring season with a statement win over the College of Staten Island, 9-0, at the Binghamton Racquet Club on Thursday evening. The Maccabees start the season 1-0, while the Dolphins drop to 0-1.

Yeshiva swept its doubles matches and won all six singles flights. In fact, Yeshiva won every set except for one.

Senior David Papis Elon won at #1 singles (6-2, 6-2) and teamed up with classmate Eitan Rudansky to win at #3 doubles (8-0). Rudansky won a tight sixth singles flight. After splitting the first two sets (6-2, 6-7) Rudansky won the tiebreaker, 10-4.

Newcomer Adam Rosemblaum and junior Mikey Ozery combined for a #1 doubles win, 8-4, with the former claiming #2 singles (6-2, 6-2) and the latter earning a win at #3 singles (6-1, 6-2).

Freshman Lior Brik and senior Eric Cohen were victorious in their #2 doubles match, 8-4, while winning at #4 singles (6-0, 6-2) and #5 singles (6-0, 6-3), respectively.

Yeshiva will return to the Binghamton Racquet Club on Sunday, for another non-conference match against Western Connecticut State, beginning at 2:00 p.m.


Yeshiva University 9, Staten Island 0
Feb 23, 2017 at Edgewater, NJ (Binghamton Racquet Club) 

Singles competition

1. Papis Elon, David (YU-MT) def. Andrew Adia (CSIM) 6-2, 6-2

2. Rosemblaum, Adam (YU-MT) def. Matthew Vesci (CSIM) 6-2, 6-2

3. Ozery, Mikey (YU-MT) def. Raymond Hwang (CSIM) 6-1, 6-2

4. Brik, Lior (YU-MT) def. Akaki Dundua (CSIM) 6-0, 6-2

5. Cohen, Eric (YU-MT) def. Mukhiddin Nuriddinov (CSIM) 6-0, 6-3

6. Rudansky, Eitan (YU-MT) def. Alex Tsui (CSIM) 6-2, 6-7, 10-4

 

Doubles competition

1. Rosemblaum, Adam/Ozery, Mikey (YU-MT) def. Andrew Adia/Matthew Vesci (CSIM) 8-2

2. Brik, Lior/Cohen, Eric (YU-MT) def. Chris Pinto/Raymond Hwang (CSIM) 8-4

3. Papis Elon, David/Rudansky, Eitan (YU-MT) def. Alex Tsui/Akaki Dundua (CSIM) 8-0

 

Match Notes

Staten Island 0-1

Yeshiva University 1-0

T-3:00 A-10

Generated on 2/24/2017