April 11, 2018

Box Score 

The Basics

• Stevens Institute of Technology Men's Tennis 6; #32 New York University 3
• Location: Stevens Tennis Courts - Hoboken, N.J.
• Short Story: Wins in two of the three doubles flights and four of the six singles flights powered the Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team to a 6-3 regional victory over area rival #32 New York University Wednesday, in a non-conference match at the Stevens Tennis Courts.
• The records: Stevens: 7-8; NYU: 3-5

    
How It Happened

• The duo of senior Danny Polk and freshman Bryan Szayna earned the first win of the match, taking an 8-1 decision at second doubles.
• NYU evened the match in the first doubles position, but the Ducks snagged the pivotal second doubles win when senior William Persson and freshman Gabriel Sifuentes earned an 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles. 
• NYU took the win in the fourth singles slot to even the match and Polk fell to #45 Umberto Setter at No. 1 singles to give the visiting Violets a 3-2 lead.
• Szayna topped NYU's Michael Li in straight sets at No. 3 singles to even the match and Persson rallied to defeat Rahul Das in the three sets at the second slot to reclaim a one-point edge for Stevens. Persson dropped the first set, won a tiebreaker in the second to even the match before earning a 6-4 score in the final set.
• Sifuentes earned the match-clinching point with a straight set win at sixth singles. Sifuentes defeated Stefan Rodic 6-2, 6-3 to give Stevens the match.
• Freshman Mark Kanevsky, the reigning Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week, won a third-set super tiebreaker over Aaron Mackie at fifth singles to provide the day's final margin of victory.

Singles Results

• #45 Umberto Setter (NYU) def. Danny Polk (STEVENS) 6-1, 6-3
• William Persson (STEVENS) def. Rahul Das (NYU) 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
• Bryan Szayna (STEVENS) def. Michael Li (NYU) 6-3, 6-3
• Vishal Walia (NYU) def. Keegan Morris (STEVENS) 6-0, 6-2
• Mark Kanevsky (STEVENS) def. Aaron Mackie (NYU) 6-3, 4-6, 10-4
• Gabriel Sifuentes (STEVENS) def. Stefan Rodic (NYU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles Results

• Matt DeMichiel/Zeb Zheng (NYU) def. Kyle Henry/Mark Kanevsky (STEVENS) 8-2
• Danny Polk/Bryan Szayna (STEVENS) def. Michael Li/Benedict Teoh (NYU) 8-1
• William Persson/Gabriel Sifuentes (STEVENS) def. Vishal Walia/Rahul Das (NYU) 8-4

From the Court
"Today was a great team effort to pull out a big win over our regional rival, NYU. We put ourselves in a good position taking a 2-1 doubles lead heading into singles. Gabe Sifuentes came up with the clinching fifth point today and stepped up big time for us. I'm very proud of all our guys today and excited to build upon today's success heading into the weekend." - head coach Steve Gachko

Up Next
Men's Tennis welcomes No. 27 Skidmore College to Hoboken on Saturday, for a regional match, The contest marks Stevens' third straight against a ranked opponent.

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