EDGEWATER, NJ - Kicking off two days of back-to-back matches, the Yeshiva men's tennis team lost to SUNY Oneonta, falling to the Red Dragons by a score of 8-1 on Tuesday, Mar. 13.
Struggling early, the Maccabees dropped all three doubles matches, going into singles trailing 3-0. While the Macs were finally able to pick up a point in singles play, that win would prove their only one, ultimately dropping the match.
With the loss, the Macs are 1-4 on the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Doubles:
- Yeshiva stumbled in doubles play, with the pairs of Mark Adler/Jacob Pfeifer and David Cattan/Leo Rahmey both falling by scores of 8-0 and 8-5 respectively.
- YU's best chance to pick up a point came in the No. 3 seeded match, where the duo of Israel Bussu/Ronen Rozenman battled hard against their opponents, yet ultimately came up one game short at 8-7.
- With the losses, the Macs went into singles down, 3-0.
Singles:
- Despite their best efforts, the Maccabees were only able to capture one point in singles play, when Bussu trounced his foe in the No. 5 seeded match, 6-4, 7-5.
- Yeshiva's best shot at a second score came in the No. 2 match. After splitting the first two sets with the Oneonta player, Pfeifer battled hard in the third set tiebreaker, yet came up short at 10-7.
- Cattan (6-1, 6-2), Adler (6-1, 6-1), Rahmey (6-1, 6-1) and Jose Hambra (6-1, 6-0) all fell in straight sets.
UP NEXT
Proving that there really is no rest for the weary, the Maccabees will travel out to Brooklyn College to face off with the Bulldogs on Wednesday, Mar. 13 at 3:30 PM.
