Rusinkiewicz Clinches Men's Tennis' Thrilling Comeback Win Over ITA Northeast Region No. 9 Skidmore

3/27/2010 12:00:00 AM

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (March 27, 2010) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team extended its win-streak to seven matches with a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) Northeast Region No. 9 Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Down 3-0 after doubles play, the resilient Ducks rallied, winning five of the match's six singles pairings to score a 5-4 win. Stevens, ranked 12th in the ITA Northeast Region, is now 7-1 on the season.

Skidmore's Luke Granger (Allendale, N.J.) and Max Bevan (Convent Station, N.J.) opened up play with an 8-1 triumph in No. 2 doubles, before Spencer Cheng (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) and Lorenzo Cabrera (Daly City, Calif.) made it 2-0 with an 8-5 win in No. 1 doubles. Thoroughbreds senior Jeremy Hogan (Andover, Mass.) and freshman Alex Fromson (Newton, Mass.) then completed the doubles sweep with a hard-fought 9-8 (7-5) victory over Stevens' Jason Ringstad and Gregory Klose.

Freshman Chris Rosensteel finally put Stevens on the board with a 6-2, 6-0 win in third-flight singles over Cabrera. Ducks junior Jay Lee followed suit with a 6-4, 6-2, triumph in fifth-flight singles before Arik Zeevy evened the score with a 7-5, 7-5, victory over Cheng in second-flight singles.

Granger would help the Thoroughbreds momentarily regain the lead with a 6-3, 6-4, top-flight singles win, but Ringstad once again knotted the score with a 6-0, 4-6, 6-2, victory in fifth-flight doubles. With the match on the line, senior Piotr Rusinkiewicz pulled through for the Ducks, with a win in a hotly contested, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-2), sixth-flight singles match.

Stevens returns to action on Sunday, March 28 when it plays host to Tufts University at the Stevens Tennis Courts in Hoboken, N.J.
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