HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 9, 2006) – After winning only one doubles match, the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s tennis team earned five out of six singles matches to earn a 5-2 victory over FDU-Florham on Sunday afternoon.  The win, which marks the sixth straight for the Ducks, improves Stevens to 8-5 overall this season.

In doubles action, senior Steve Su (Holmdel, N.J.) and sophomore Ricky Bawa (Lyndhurst, N.J.) earned the only doubles win with an 8-1 defeat over senior Adam Geiger (Mountainside, N.J.) and junior Yiannis Iannedis (Cyprus).

In singles action, Su earned a 6-4, 6-1 victory at first singles.  Bawa earned a 6-4, 6-0 victory at second singles and junior Boris Kocherov (Edison, N.J.) pulled out a 7-5, 6-2 win at third singles.  Freshman Kobe Attias (Brick, N.J.) picked up a 6-4, 6-4 win in the fourth singles position.  Senior Yuriy Stelmakh (Clifton, N.J.) won 6-4, 7-5 at fifth singles.

The Ducks are back in action on Tuesday, April 11 when they travel to Newburgh, N.Y. to face Mount Saint Mary College in Skyline action at 6:30 p.m.

STEVENS 5, FDU-Florham 2

Doubles

No. 1 – Bawa/Su (SIT) def. A. Geiger/Iannedis (FDU) – 8-1

No. 2 – F. Geiger/Lanzet (FDU) def. Mehta/Attias (SIT) – 8-2

No. 3 – Zalesky/Smolyansky def. Stelmakh/McKinney (SIT) – 8-1

Singles

No. 1 – Steve Su (SIT) def. Frank Geiger (FDU) – 6-4, 6-1

No. 2 – Ricky Bawa (SIT) def. Adam Geiger (FDU) 6-4, 6-0

No. 3 – Boris Kocherov (SIT) def. Arkady Smolyansky (FDU) – 7-5, 6-2

No. 4 – Kobe Attias (SIT) def. Yiannis Iannedis (FDU) – 6-4, 6-4

No. 5 – Yuriy Stelmakh (SIT) def. John Zalesky (FDU) – 6-4, 7-5

No. 6 – Corey Lanzet (FDU) def. Ian Mullican (SIT) – 4-6, 6-4 (10-3)