ALFRED, N.Y. (April 25, 2015) – The No. 24 Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team wrapped up its Empire 8 Conference regular season schedule Saturday with a pair of 9-0 wins over Alfred University and Houghton College.
The wins moved Stevens to 15-5 (7-0) while Alfred and Houghton fell to 10-4 (4-3) and () respectively.
Stevens 9, Alfred 0 The Ducks continued their run of big early leads thanks to another E8 sweep at doubles. The Stevens doubles aces of juniors
Matthew Heinrich and
Ben Foran took the 8-2 win at No. 1 while sophomore
Charles Drake and freshman
Danny Polk continued their success together with an 8-5 win at No. 2.
Freshman
William Persson and sophomore
Antonio Perich teamed together for the first time this season with their 8-2 win at No. 3.
Stevens continued to roll once singles started as Heinrich and freshman
Kyle Henry each won 6-1, 6-1 at first and fourth singles respectively. Foran took the win at No. 2 6-0, 6-0, while Polk won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3.
Persson and junior
Jacob Thigpen rounded out the Ducks sweep with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 5, and a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 6 respectively.
1.
Matthew Heinrich/
Ben Foran (STEVENS) def. Connor Doud/Kevin Volz (ALFREDM) 8-2
2.
Charles Drake/
Danny Polk (STEVENS) def. MIke Graham/Evan Haskins (ALFREDM) 8-5
3.
William Persson/
Antonio Perich (STEVENS) def. Pat Brown/Matt Baloga (ALFREDM) 8-2
| 1. Matthew Heinrich (STEVENS) def. Connor Doud (ALFREDM) 6-1, 6-3 |
| 2. Ben Foran (STEVENS) def. Evan Haskins (ALFREDM) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 3. Danny Polk (STEVENS) def. MIke Graham (ALFREDM) 6-2, 6-1 |
| 4. Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. Kevin Volz (ALFREDM) 6-1, 6-3 |
| 5. William Persson (STEVENS) def. Matt Baloga (ALFREDM) 6-0, 6-1 |
| 6. Jacob Thigpen (STEVENS) def. Pat Brown (ALFREDM) 6-3, 6-4 |
Stevens 9, Houghton 0 (waiting for offical box score)
Henry and sophomore Michael Feldman continued the Ducks doubles dominance with an 8-1 win at No. 1, while junior Tyler Tisdale and Perich took the 8-5 win at No. 2.
Freshman David Schulz got his first action of the day at third doubles, teaming with Thigpen for the 8-6 win at No. 3. The win was the third of the season for the Stevens duo.
Feldman played the top spot for the Ducks once singles started, taking the 6-2, 7-6 win to go along with a 6-2, 6-1 for Drake at No. 2. Perich and Persson each won 6-2, 6-1 at their respective singles matches, and Tisdale won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6.
Kyle Henry / Michael Feldman (STEV) def Brennen Campbell / Matt James (HC) 8-1
Tyler Tisdale / Antonio Perich (STEV) def Chase Rangel / Jordan Crouch (HC) 8-5
David Schulz / Jacob Thigpen (STEV) def Jordan Scott / Bjorn Webb (HC) 8-6
Michael Feldman (STEV) def Brennen Campbell (HC) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
Charles Drake (STEV) def Jordan Crouch (HC) 6-1, 6-1
David Schulz (STEV) def Chase Rangel (HC) 6-1, 6-2
Antonio Perich (STEV) def Jordan Scott (HC) 6-0, 6-2
Will Persson (STEV) def Conner Barnes (HC) 6-2, 6-1
Tyler Tisdale (STEV) def Bjorn Webb (HC) 6-0, 6-1
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UP NEXT The Ducks will wrap on their regular season tomorrow with a home match against No. 39 The College of New Jersey before heading to Ithaca College for the E8 Championship starting Saturday.
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