EDGEWATER, N.J. – The Yeshiva University men's tennis team picked up its first win of the spring season, defeating future Skyline opponent Manhattanville College by a score of 6-3, at the Binghamton Racquet Club on Sunday afternoon. The Maccabees advance to 2-2, while the Valiants drop to 0-4.

Yeshiva won all three doubles matches, and split their six singles flights with Manhattanville, 3-3.

Freshman Aaron Cohen and junior Lior Brik kicked off the competition with a convincing win at the first doubles position, 8-2. The sibling duo of junior Avidan Rudansky and sophomore Ezra Rudansky were victorious in the third doubles flight, 8-4. Senior Mikey Ozery and freshman Amram Wahnon wrapped up the doubles portion of the match with an 8-4 victory at the second position.

In singles play, Avidan Rudansky won at the third flight, 6-4, 6-2. After splitting the first two sets at No. 4 singles (3-6, 6-3), junior Alexander Kalb won the third-set tiebreaker, 10-3. Classmate Yoni Sacknovitz officially clinched the win for the Maccabees by earning the victory at the sixth singles position, 6-2, 6-0.

"It was a very competitive match from start to finish," Yeshiva University head coach Jon Rubinstein said. "We expected tough competition and (Manhattanville) coach Derek DiFazio did a great job recruiting to create a competitive team in just one season. Our guys now know that when Manhattanville joins the conference next year, we will have quite a formidable threat to our run. That being said, the sweep of doubles made a tough day a little easier and the guys at the bottom really stepped up playing up a spot in the lineup."

Yeshiva will return to the Binghamton Racquet Club on Tuesday, for a non-conference match against Oneonta College, beginning at 8:00 p.m.