Men’s College Tennis Recap: St. John’s, Adelphi and Fordham Notch Weekend Victories
St. John’s 6, Binghamton 1 & St. John’s 7, Niagra 0
The St. John’s Red Storm snapped a five-match losing streak over the weekend, defeating Binghamton and Niagra at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Friday.
St. John’s played Binghamton first and took care of the Bearcats with a 6-1 victory.
The match was clinched at fifth singles when Red Storm sophomore Freddy Ruis defeated Frenk Kote of Binghamton 6-3, 6-4. St. John’s won five of the six singles matches after clinching the doubles point.
After the win over Binghamton, St. John’s cruised past Niagra 7-0. The Red Storm won eight of the nine contests overall, one of the doubles matches went unfinished, and dropped just one set over the course of those nine matches.
The Red Storm will be back in action at home this weekend when it takes on Pennsylvania and Yale.
Adelphi 9, Le Moyne 0
The Adelphi men’s tennis team returned to its winning ways with a 9-0 rout of Le Moyne College at Point Set Racquet Club in Oceanside on Saturday. The Panthers dropped just one set in the nine matches to snap a three-game losing streak and move to 3-3 overall on the season.
Freshman Matteo Cannavera picked up the biggest victory of the day for Adelphi, beating James Gayvert 6-0, 5-7, 10-7 at first singles. Adelphi won all nine matches in total to remain undefeated in Northeast-10 conference play.
Adelphi will return to the courts tomorrow afternoon for a matchup with Stonehill College.
Fordham 6, Yeshiva 1
Michael Sowter picked up his 100th career victory as the head coach of men’s tennis at Fordham University on Sunday as the Rams defeated Yeshiva University 6-1.
Fordham got things started by capturing the doubles point, getting a victory at second doubles from Pedro Alonzo and Joseph Kavaloski and a third doubles victory from Josey Brander and Harris Durkovic.
At third singles, Max Peara rolled past Yeshiva’s Adam Wannon 6-0, 6-0. It was one of the five victories Fordham notched in singles play as it improved to 3-7 on the season.
Up next for the Rams is a March 29th contest on Long Island against Stony Brook.
