Polk

Men's Tennis Charles O'Brien

Polk’s performance highlights Day 1 play at ITA Northeast Regionals

September 30, 2017

Box Score

The Basics
  • Location: Saratoga YMCA Courts - Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
  • Short Story: Senior Danny Polk advanced to the second day of competition in both singles and doubles play at the 2017 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional Championships, hosted by Skidmore College.
    
How It Happened
  • After weather forced the competition indoors and delayed the start of the event, the Ducks earned four singles flights victories in the opening round.
  • Freshman Gabriel Sifuentes reached the second round, defeating Vassar's Dom Demeterfi, 6-0, 6-3. 
  • Polk rallied to defeat NYU's Stefan Rodic, 3-6, 6-1, 10-2 to reach the second round.
  • Senior William Persson bested Vassar's Allen Sokolov in straight sets to advance.
  • Freshman Keegan Morris reached the second round in his first ITA competition with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Union's Del Schink.
  • Seniors David Schulz and Kyle Henry did not advance to the second round.
  • Polk defeated RPI's Tristan Wise in straight sets to reach the second day of competition for the third straight season.
  • Morris, Sifuentes and Persson did not reach the third round.
  • In the doubles flights, the second-seeded team of Polk and Persson downed Vassar's David Gandham and Nick Zuczek (8-5) and Hamilton's Sam Farber and Lars Scannell (8-4) to reach the quarterfinals.
  • The duo will meet RPI's Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez and Andre Imrie in the quaterfinals.
  • The freshman team of Morris and Sifuentes and the tandem of Henry and freshman Mark Kanevsky did not advance out of the first round.    

Singles Results
  • Umberto Setter (New York University) def. Jeremy Auh (Vassar College) 6-1, 6-2 
  • Harry Nichols (Hobart College) def. Zack Ebenfeld (Rensselaer) 6-1, 6-3 
  • Tim Gavornik (The College of New Jersey) def. Masaru Fujimaki (University of Rochester) 7-5, 2-6, 10-3 
  • Jack McClaren (Skidmore College) def. Barry Booth (Merchant Marine) 6-0, 6-0 
  • JT Wynne (Skidmore College) def. McGorty, Chris (Mount Saint Mary) 6-0, 6-2 
  • Gabriel Sifuentes (Stevens) def. Dom Demeterfi (Vassar College) 6-0, 6-3 
  • Jonah Salita (Hobart College) def. Max Egna (Union College) 6-3, 6-1 
  • Rob Dotterer (Hamilton College) def. Nasser Ghaffar (Hunter College) 6-0, 6-3 
  • Alan Dubrovsky (Hobart College) def. Adam Krueger (Vassar College) 6-0, 5-7, 10-6 
  • Aaron Mackie (New York University) def. David Schulz (Stevens) 1-6, 6-1, 10-6 
  • Andre Imrie (Rensselaer) def. Chris D'Agostino (The College of New Jersey) 6-0, 6-4 
  • Ted Berkowitz (Skidmore College) def. Eric Tecce (St. Lawrence) 6-1, 6-3 
  • Sebastian C.-Sanchez (Rensselaer) def. Kyle Henry (Stevens) 6-3, 6-2 
  • Walker Anderson (Hobart College) def. Spencer Lowitt (RIT) 6-3, 6-2 
  • Minos Stavrakas (Ithaca College) def. Adam Patrovics (Ramapo College) 6-1, 6-2 
  • Matt Puig (The College of New Jersey) def. Jun Yuminaga (University of Rochester) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 
  • David Gandham (Vassar College) def. Peter Huang (University of Rochester) 6-1, 6-1 
  • Omar Bokhari (The College of New Jersey) vs. Josh Piatos (New York University) no result 
  • Brian Niguidula (Rensselaer) def. Sam McGrath (Ithaca College) 6-1, 7-5 
  • Jonathan Atwater (Hobart College) def. Leo Romanetz (St. Lawrence) 6-1, 6-3 1 Sam Farber (Hamilton College) def. Nicholas Kim (Merchant Marine) 6-0, 6-1 
  • Travis Leaf (Skidmore College) def. F. Le Goupil Maier (Hunter College) 6-3, 6-3 
  • Tristan Wise (Rensselaer) def. Willen Feygin (Ramapo College) 4-6, 6-1, 10-8 
  • Danny Polk (Stevens) def. Stefan Rodic (New York University) 3-6, 6-1, 10-2 
  • Lucas Pickering (Skidmore College) def. Joe Mallon (Hobart College) 3-6, 6-3, 12-10 
  • William Persson (Stevens) def. Allen Sokolov (Vassar College) 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 
  • Max Zimmerman (Hamilton College) def. Achyuth Balijepalle (The College of New Jersey) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 
  • Clay Thompson (Rensselaer) def. Anastasi, Matt (Mount Saint Mary) 6-3, 6-4 
  • Chandler Libby (RIT) def. Zack Ebenfeld (Rensselaer) 6-0, 6-0 
  • Yanick Parsch (New York University) def. Thomas Wright (The College of New Jersey) 6-2, 6-0 
  • Keegan Morris (Stevens) def. Del Schink (Union College) 6-0, 6-2 
  • Steven Koulouris (Skidmore College) def. Andrew Nunno (University of Rochester) 6-1, 6-0 
  • Umberto Setter (New York University) def. Harry Nichols (Hobart College) 6-0, 6-2 
  • Jack McClaren (Skidmore College) def. Tim Gavornik (The College of New Jersey) 6-1, 6-4 
  • JT Wynne (Skidmore College) def. Gabriel Sifuentes (Stevens) 6-2, 6-4 
  • Jonah Salita (Hobart College) def. Rob Dotterer (Hamilton College) 6-2, 6-4 
  • Alan Dubrovsky (Hobart College) def. Aaron Mackie (New York University) 6-2, 6-4 
  • Andre Imrie (Rensselaer) def. Ted Berkowitz (Skidmore College) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 
  • Sebastian C.-Sanchez (Rensselaer) def. Tim Derby (Hamilton College) 6-1, 6-1 
  • Matt Puig (The College of New Jersey) def. Minos Stavrakas (Ithaca College) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 
  • David Gandham (Vassar College) def. Josh Piatos (New York University) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 11-9 
  • Brian Niguidula (Rensselaer) def. Jonathan Atwater (Hobart College) 7-5, 6-1 
  • Travis Leaf (Skidmore College) def. Sam Farber (Hamilton College) 6-2, 6-2 
  • Danny Polk (Stevens) def. Tristan Wise (Rensselaer) 6-4, 6-3 
  • Lucas Pickering (Skidmore College) def. William Persson (Stevens) 6-2, 6-3 
  • Clay Thompson (Rensselaer) def. Max Zimmerman (Hamilton College) 6-2, 6-2 
  • Chandler Libby (RIT) def. Yanick Parsch (New York University) 6-2, 6-4 
  • Steven Koulouris (Skidmore College) def. Keegan Morris (Stevens) 7-5, 7-5 

Doubles Results
  • Steven Koulouris/JT Wynne (Skidmore College) def. Damani Eubanks/Andrew Nunno (University of Rochester) 8-4 
  • Willen Feygin/Mike Abelev (Ramapo College) def. Austin Egna/Max Egna (Union College) 8-5 
  • Umberto Setter/Das (New York University) def. Satchel Fisher/Aiden Velasco (Bard College) 8-3 
  • Rahul Goculdas/Sean Reilly (The College of New Jersey) def. Ben Lynaugh/Jared Ingoglia (RIT) 8-1 
  • Adam Krueger/Jeremy Auh (Vassar College) def. McKinley Grimes/Tristan Wise (Rensselaer) 8-2 
  • Lucas Pickering/Travis Leaf (Skidmore College) def. Keegan Morris/Gabriel Sifuentes (Stevens) 8-0 
  • Thomas Wright/Matt Puig (The College of New Jersey) def. Patrick Gray/Walker Anderson (Hobart College) 8-3 
  • Eric Tecce/Leo Romanetz (St. Lawrence) def. Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos/Liam Spiegel (Ithaca College) 8-4 
  • Peter Huang/Masaru Fujimaki (University of Rochester) def. Allen Sokolov/Nicolas Demaria (Vassar College) 8-6 
  • Jason Keye/Jack McClaren (Skidmore College) def. Zack Ebenfeld/Brian Niguidula (Rensselaer) 8-5 
  • Tim Gavornik/Chris D'Agostino (The College of New Jersey) def. Barry Booth/Andrew Carey (Merchant Marine) 8-5 
  • Alan Dubrovsky/Jonah Salita (Hobart College) def. Kyle Henry/Mark Kanevsky (Stevens) 8-5 
  • Harry Nichols/Jonathan Atwater (Hobart College) def. Ethan McAndrew/Joel Cantila (Hunter College) 8-2 
  • Sebastian C.-Sanchez/Andre Imrie (Rensselaer) def. Aaron Mackie/Zeb Zheng (New York University) 8-6 
  • Sam Farber/Lars Scannell (Hamilton College) def. Anastasi, Matt/McGorty, Chris (Mount Saint Mary) 8-5 
  • Danny Polk/William Persson (Stevens) def. David Gandham/Nick Zuczek (Vassar College) 8-5 
  • Steven Koulouris/JT Wynne (Skidmore College) def. Willen Feygin/Mike Abelev (Ramapo College) 8-4 
  • Umberto Setter/Das (New York University) def. Rahul Goculdas/Sean Reilly (The College of New Jersey) 8-0 
  • Adam Krueger/Jeremy Auh (Vassar College) def. Lucas Pickering/Travis Leaf (Skidmore College) 8-2 
  • Thomas Wright/Matt Puig (The College of New Jersey) vs. Eric Tecce/Leo Romanetz (St. Lawrence) no result 
  • Peter Huang/Masaru Fujimaki (University of Rochester) def. Jason Keye/Jack McClaren (Skidmore College) 8-6 
  • Alan Dubrovsky/Jonah Salita (Hobart College) def. Tim Gavornik/Chris D'Agostino (The College of New Jersey) 8-6 
  • Sebastian C.-Sanchez/Andre Imrie (Rensselaer) def. Harry Nichols/Jonathan Atwater (Hobart College) 8-5 
  • Danny Polk/William Persson (Stevens) def. Sam Farber/Lars Scannell (Hamilton College) 8-4

Up Next
  • The ITA Northeast Regional continues Sunday.

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Players Mentioned

Kyle Henry

Kyle Henry

6' 4"
Senior
William Persson

William Persson

6' 4"
Senior
Danny Polk

Danny Polk

5' 11"
Senior
David Schulz

David Schulz

5' 8"
Senior
Mark Kanevsky

Mark Kanevsky

5' 10"
First-Year
Keegan Morris

Keegan Morris

6' 0"
First-Year
Gabriel Sifuentes

Gabriel Sifuentes

5' 6"
First-Year

Players Mentioned

Kyle Henry

Kyle Henry

6' 4"
Senior
William Persson

William Persson

6' 4"
Senior
Danny Polk

Danny Polk

5' 11"
Senior
David Schulz

David Schulz

5' 8"
Senior
Mark Kanevsky

Mark Kanevsky

5' 10"
First-Year
Keegan Morris

Keegan Morris

6' 0"
First-Year
Gabriel Sifuentes

Gabriel Sifuentes

5' 6"
First-Year