Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's tennis team registered its 18th straight regular-season victory with a 7-0 win over Daemen University on Saturday afternoon at the Skytop Tennis Courts.
"Great win today by the men's and women's squads," said head coach
Jeff Lonczak '03. "It's always fun having them playing simultaneously. Special congrats to all the new Dolphins on getting their first victories in their Dolphin attire. The men will be preparing for our regional while the women will be getting ready for tomorrow's test against Niagara."
The Dolphins jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the match with a sweep of the doubles competition, all of which came by 6-2 scores. Graduate student
Tom Jarry (Paris, France/CNED Toulouse/Emmanuel) and senior
Ethan Miller (Swindon, England/Cirencetser Kingshill School) defeated Alex Lumanog and Sam Greco at the first position. Graduate students
Alberto Diaz (Tenerife, Spain/Nebraska-Kearney/Midwestern State) and
Fabian Sjokvist (Helsingborg, Sweden/Campeon Frigymnasium/Lincoln Memorial) downed Andy Gibson and Adam Pasierb at the second spot, while graduate student
Manuel Righi (Bologna, Italy/IPC Manfredi - ITC Tanari/Concordia (N.Y.)/Universita di Bologna) and freshman
Tomas Preidikman (Montevideo, Uruguay) topped Jayven Williamson and Jackson Wren at the third position.
Le Moyne didn't drop a set en route to sweeping the singles competition. Righi remained unbeaten the regular season as a Dolphin (16-0) with a 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 victory at the first position over Lumanog. Senior
Kacper Piekarek (Wroclaw, Poland/Autorskrie Licea Artystyczne Akademickie/Missouri-Kansas City) collected his 30th singles victory as a Dolphins with a 6-3, 6-0 win at the second spot over Gibson. Diaz posted back-to-back scores of 6-1 to beat Greco at the third position, while Sjokvist recorded consecutive scores of 6-0 to down Pasierb at the fourth spot. Preidikman registered his first collegiate win at the fifth position by defeating Williamson 6-1, 6-1, while classmate
Seth O'Connell (Oneida, N.Y./Oneida) was an 8-4 winner over Wren at the sixth spot.
Le Moyne (1-0) returns to action at the ITA East Regional September 22-25 in Flushing, N.Y.