Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's tennis team registered its first victory of the year, 6-1, over Iona University on Saturday evening at Elevate Fitness.
The Dolphins took two of the three matches in the doubles competition to earn the point. Second year
Carlo Zucchini (Varese, Italy/European School of Varese) and third year
Navya Verma (Patiala, India/Apollo Public School) blanked Brandon Ramos and Yusen Sato at the third spot, 6-0. Roko Kacer and Mark Taviloglu evened the competition at one apiece with a 6-1 win at the second position over fifth year
Adrian Daniel (Tel Aviv, Israel/Tichonet/Montana State) and third year
Luke Hoyland (Sheffield, England/Birkdale School). Fourth year
Emmanuel Cottle (Toronto, Ontario/Ontario Virtual School/Alcorn State) and second year
Gabriel Segubiense (Sugar Land, Texas/Clements) clinched the point with a 6-3 victory over Taylor Yarnell and Leo Hsu at the top spot.
Le Moyne recorded wins in five of the six matches in the singles competition. Cottle was a 6-3, 6-2 winner at the top spot over Yarnell. Zucchini edged Ramos at the second position, 7-5, 7-6 (7-1) to improve to 2-0 on the weekend. Daniel defeated Hsu at the fourth spot, 6-4, 7-5. First year
Justin Barrett (Kaohsiung, Taiwan/Liverpool) tallied a 7-5, 6-2 victory at the fifth position over Sato. Hoyland registered back-to-back scores of 6-3 to down Taviloglu at the sixth spot. Kacer earned Iona's point with a 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 win at the third position over third year
Callum Matthew (Dorset, England/Highcliffe School).
The Dolphins will return to action in the Spring semester.