NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Yeshiva University men's tennis team will battle Eastern Nazarene College, in the opening round of the NCAA Division III tournament, on Thursday afternoon. The match will take place at Pickard Tennis Courts, on the campus of Bowdoin College, beginning at 12:00 p.m.
The winner of the match will take on the nationally-ranked No. 8 Polar Bears, in the second round, on Friday at 1:15 p.m.
There will be live streaming video for all the regional matches at Bowdoin, which can be accessed by clicking
here. There will be
live stats as well. Fans can also check out the full NCAA tournament bracket at this
link.
Yeshiva (14-7) captured its sixth straight Skyline Conference championship this past Sunday, defeating Farmingdale State in the championship match by a score of 5-3.
Eastern Nazarene (16-7) dethroned six-time defending Great Northeast Athletic Conference champion Ramapo College, by winning all five completed contests in the league championship match on Saturday, to earn the program's first ever NCAA tournament appearance.
Leading the way for the Maccabees has been freshman
Aaron Cohen, who earned a spot on the All-Skyline first team. He has won 13 singles matches this season, with four of those victories coming at the No. 1 position.
Senior
Mikey Ozery and junior
Lior Brik also earned spots on the Skyline All-Conference first team, while third-year player
Avidan Rudansky was selected to All-Skyline second team.
For the Lions, sophomore Julius Opaschowski and freshman Diego Rodriguez each earned 15 victories in singles competition, this season, while first-year player Tim Schoengens earned 13 singles victories. Junior Henry Siercke picked up 12 victories in singles play, on his way to being selected as the GNAC Most Valuable Player.
Be sure to check out yumacs.com for all the latest updates regarding the men's tennis team's run in the NCAA tournament.