Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's tennis team won the first six matches en route to a 7-2 victory over Stonehill College on Wednesday morning in Northeast-10 Conference action at the Skytop Tennis Courts. Prior to the match, redshirt senior
Stephane Legris (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) was honored by the Dolphin Athletic Association for his contributions to the program.
At first doubles, junior
James Gayvert (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) and sophomore
Hallam Doney (Andover, Hampshire/Peter Symonds) registered an 8-5 win over Thomas Bellio and Tom Buckley to improve to 7-1 on the season in conference action. Sophomore
Jason Barton (Lima, Ohio/Shawnee) and freshman
Tyler Underwood (Minoa, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa) posted an 8-3 victory at the second spot over Nikolay Lisichenok and Joan Castillo, while Legris and junior
Benjamin Spoor (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) recorded an 8-6 win over Michael Doody and Dimitri Vlassov at the third position.
In singles action, Underwood improved to 7-1 in conference action by recording a 6-0, 6-2 victory at the sixth position over Gerard Tierney. Legris followed with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Buckley at the fourth spot to clinch the match for the Dolphins. Barton then defeated Lisichenok at the second position, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, for his fourth straight conference victory. Spoor earned the team's final point by defeating Jeffrey Gagnon at the fifth spot, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, for his fifth conference win. Castillo got the Skyhawks on the scoreboard with a 6-4, 2-6, 10-6 win over Doney at the third position, while Bellio rallied for a 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 10-6 win over Gayvert at the top spot.
Le Moyne (8-10, 5-4 NE-10), which defeated Stonehill for the first time since March 29, 2003, closes out the regular season on Saturday at Assumption College at 12:00 p.m. The Dolphins will clinch a berth in the Northeast-10 Conference Championships with a win over the Greyhounds, while they can still earn a berth despite a loss to the Greyhounds with an Assumption loss at Merrimack on Friday and a Stonehill loss to Adelphi on Saturday.
