FLUSHING, N.Y. – The No. 1 Yeshiva University men's tennis team earned a victory in its Skyline conference semifinal match over the No. 4 United States Merchant Marine Academy, 6-1, at the USTA National Tennis Center, on Friday afternoon.

The Maccabees will aim for its sixth straight Skyline tournament title, and automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, on Sunday, as Yeshiva will take on No. 2 Farmingdale State College for the conference championship. The site and time of the Skyline championship match will be announced on Saturday night. The Rams edged the No. 3 Panthers of Purchase College, 5-4, in the other Skyline semifinal match, this past Thursday afternoon.

"After having to postpone twice, the tension was certainly raised up," Yeshiva University head coach Jon Rubinstein said. "Second and third doubles came out firing since we were finally able to get an outdoor matchup. The guys fought through the pressure of the match and competed very well when it counted."

Yeshiva (13-7) won two out of three doubles flights over USMMA (6-7), and then earned wins in all four singles matchups that were completed.

Junior Lior Brik and freshman Amram Wahnon began play by winning every game at No. 3 doubles. Freshman Aaron Cohen and classmate Jeremy Brody cruised to victory at No. 2 doubles, 8-1.

Brik kicked off singles play by winning all 12 games at the third position. Freshman Meir Melamed followed with a dominating win in the sixth flight, 6-0, 6-1. Cohen and junior Avidan Rudansky closed out the match by winning their respective singles contests at the same time. Cohen claimed the No. 2 position, 6-4, 6-2. Rudansky was victorious in the fourth flight, 6-2, 6-2.

"Very proud and looking forward to a competitive final against Farmingdale," Rubinstein said.

Check out yumacs.com for all the latest updates of Sunday's Skyline championship match.