DeWitt, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's tennis team opened its Spring season with a 5-2 victory over Edinboro University on Friday evening at Elevate Fitness.
The Dolphins opened the match by claiming the point in the doubles competition. At the top position, graduate student
Tom Jarry (Paris, France/CNED Toulouse/Emmanuel) and senior
Ethan Miller (Swindon, England/Cirencetser Kingshill School) were 6-4 winners over Bruno Sabio and Rocco Palombarini. Sophomore
Peter Hatton (Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt/Club Med Academics/Army West Point) and graduate student
Manuel Righi (Bologna, Italy/IPC Manfredi - ITC Tanari/Concordia (N.Y.)/Universita di Bologna) recorded their 20th consecutive victory as a team with a 7-6 (7-3) win at the second spot over Manav Sreekumar and Thibault Dorval. Ruben Acuna and Kaio Sacchi prevented the sweep with a 6-2 win at the third position over graduate student
Fabian Sjokvist (Helsingborg, Sweden/Campeon Frigymnasium/Lincoln Memorial) and sophomore
Xavier Branagan (Wollstonecraft, Australia/St. Aloysius' College).
Le Moyne won four of the six matches in the singles competition to secure the victory. Jarry was victorious at the first position, 6-2, 6-1, over Sabio for his 46th career win, the second-most in the program's history. Hatton defeated Acuna, 7-5, 6-0, at the second spot in his first dual match of the year. Senior
Kacper Piekarek (Wroclaw, Poland/Autorskrie Licea Artystyczne Akademickie/Missouri-Kansas City) clinched the match for the Dolphins with a 6-3, 7-5 victory at the fourth position over Dorval. Righi collected the win at the fifth spot after Gustavo Martins retired following a 6-0 win in the first set by Righi. Finn Unger earned Edinboro's first point after Miller retired trailing 2-1 in the first set at the sixth position. Sreekumar rallied at the third spot for a 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 6-0 win over senior
Rodrigo Beires (Porto, Portugal/Agrupamento de Escolas Garcia de Orta/Universidade Portucalense).
Le Moyne (2-0), which has won 21 straight regular season matches dating back to last season, is back in action on Saturday against Colgate University at Drumlins Country Club at 1:30 p.m.
