Results

HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 13, 2014) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team won the top three singles matches on Sunday, but dropped the overall match to No. 26 Skidmore College 5-4.
 
The loss evened the Ducks record at 9-9, while Skidmore moved to 8-6.
 
Stevens started the match off well with an 8-3 win at third doubles for sophomores Ben Foran and Tyler Tisdale over sophomore Jonah Epstein and senior Gabe Steerman. Skidmore bounced-back with an 8-5 win at No. 1 for seniors Jimmy Sherpa and Oliver Loutsenko, before taking the doubles edge with a tiebreaker win in the second for sophomore Nick Tong and junior Alec Hoblitzell over the freshman duo of Charles Drake and Michael Feldman.
 
Heinrich tied the match for Stevens with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Sherpa at No. 1 to start the singles matches, but Skidmore came right back with a win at No. 6 for Epstein over freshman Brett Derrington, 6-3, 6-2. Skidmore extended the lead with a 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 5 before Stevens mounted a furious comeback.
 
Needing a win, Foran got the job done with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 2 over junior Miles Ransom to cut the Ducks deficit to 4-3. Feldman followed-suit with a win at No. 3 in which he won the second set in a tiebreaker, setting up a winner take-all scenario at fourth singles.
 
Drake dropped the first set 6-4 to Steerman before coming-back from a 5-3 deficit in the second to win 7-5. With the match tied, Drake made-up at 3-0 deficit to make the match 3-2, but Steerman rallied to finish off the 6-2 win to clinch the match for Skidmore.
 
The Ducks will have the week off from competition before returning to Empire 8 play on April 19 when they host Hartwick College and Utica College at 12 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. respectively. Follow the team throughout the remainder of their season on Twitter @stevensducks and @Ducks_Tennis, as well as on stevensducks.com.
 
 

1. Matthew Heinrich (STEVENS) def. Jimmy Sherpa (SKIDM) 6-2, 6-1

2. Ben Foran (STEVENS) def. Miles Ransom (SKIDM) 6-4, 6-3

3. Michael Feldman (STEVENS) def. Alec Hoblitzell (SKIDM) 6-3, 7-6

4. Gabe Steerman (SKIDM) def. Charles Drake (STEVENS) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2

5. Max Swerdlick (SKIDM) def. Antonio Perich (STEVENS) 6-1, 6-3

6. Joanh Epstein (SKIDM) def. Brett Derrington (STEVENS) 6-3, 6-2

 

1. Jimmy Sherpa/Oliver Loutsenko (SKIDM) def. Matthew Heinrich/Antonio Perich (STEVENS) 8-5

2. Nick Tong/Alec Hoblitzell (SKIDM) def. Charles Drake/Michael Feldman (STEVENS) 9-8

3. Ben Foran/Tyler Tisdale (STEVENS) def. Joanh Epstein/Gabe Steerman (SKIDM) 8-3

 
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