KINGSTON, Pa. – In the battle of the defending conference champions, the Yeshiva University men's tennis team dropped a non-conference contest to the reigning 10-time MAC Freedom Conference champion Wilkes University, 8-1, at the Kingston Tennis Club on Sunday evening. Yeshiva falls to 3-4, while Wilkes advances to 8-2.

The Colonels won all three doubles contests, while taking five out of six singles flights. Getting the lone win for Yeshiva was senior Charlie Friedman, who claimed a thrilling fourth singles battle. He won a tight first set, 7-6, before dropping the second by the same score. The Montreal native went on to win a marathon 10-point tiebreaker, 12-10.

Yeshiva will be back in action on Thursday, for a non-conference match against Rutgers-Newark, at the Binghamton Racquet Club. First serve is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.

Wilkes University 8, Yeshiva University 1
Mar 11, 2018 at Kingston, Pa. (Kingston Indoor Tennis Club) 

Singles competition

1. Courtney Murphy (WUMT) def. Adam Rosemblaum (YUMT) 6-2, 6-4

2. Artyom Nabokin (WUMT) def. Mikey Ozery (YUMT) 6-5, 7-6

3. Jonathan White (WUMT) def. Dor Gutterman (YUMT) 6-4, 6-1

4. Charlie Friedman (YUMT) def. Andrew Neidig (WUMT) 7-6, 6-7, 12-10

5. Chris Maderitz (WUMT) def. Lior Brik (YUMT) 6-2, 6-3

6. Ryan Simon (WUMT) def. Avidan Rudansky (YUMT) 7-6, 6-4

 

Doubles competition

1. Courtney Murphy/Jonathan White (WUMT) def. Adam Rosemblaum/Lior Brik (YUMT) 8-4

2. Artyom Nabokin/Braddock Chow (WUMT) def. Dor Gutterman/Charlie Friedman (YUMT) 8-6

3. Andrew Neidig/Larry Scartz (WUMT) def. Mikey Ozery/Avidan Rudansky (YUMT) 8-3

 

Match Notes

Yeshiva University 3-4

Wilkes University 8-2

T-2:15 A-30

Generated on 3/11/2018