April 28, 2018

Box Score (Hartwick)
Box Score (Utica)

The Basics

• No. 37 Stevens Institute of Technology Men's Tennis 9; Hartwick College 0
• No. 37 Stevens Institute of Technology Men's Tennis 9; Utica College 0
• Location: Stevens Tennis Courts - Hoboken, N.J.
• Short Story: No. 37 Stevens Institute of Technology Men's Tennis dropped just 20 points on the afternoon in sweeping both Hartwick College and Utica College Saturday in a pair of Empire 8 Conference matches played on the Stevens Courts. With the victories, the Ducks won their eight consecutive E8 regular season title and extended the program's conference regular season winning streak to 65. Stevens will again be the top seed in the conference championship set to begin this weekend.
• The records: Stevens: 13-9; 8-0 (Empire 8) ; Hartwick: 7-4; 5-3 (Empire 8); Utica 0-10; 0-8 (Empire 8)
• Of note: The Ducks have dropped just 40 points over their last four Empire 8 Conference dual matches. 

    
How It Happened

• On a picturesque day in Hoboken, the Ducks claimed all six doubles points on the day.
• Each of Stevens' three doubles pair earned a pair of wins with seniors William Persson and Kyle Henry and the freshman tandem of Mark Kanevsky and Keegan Morris posting identical 8-1 wins over Hartwick and 8-0 wins over Utica.
• The strong play continued in singles, with the Ducks posting seven, straight-set shutouts to earn the victories. 
• Henry, Morris, and freshmen Gabriel Sifuentes and Arjun Krishnan each collected multiple wins on the day to complete the outstading team performance.

Singles Results (Hartwick)

• Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. John Talbot (HARTWICK) 6-2, 6-4
• Bryan Szayna (STEVENS) def. Nikola Nedeljkovic (HARTWICK) 6-1, 6-2
• Keegan Morris (STEVENS) def. Nick Adamou (HARTWICK) 6-0, 6-1
• Mark Kanevsky (STEVENS) def. Jack Steinman (HARTWICK) 6-0, 6-0
• Gabriel Sifuentes (STEVENS) def. Tyler Adler (HARTWICK) 6-0, 6-3
• Arjun Krishnan (STEVENS) def. Casey Serdiouk (HARTWICK) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles Results (Hartwick)

• Danny Polk/Bryan Szayna (STEVENS) def. John Talbot/Nikola Nedeljkovic (HARTWICK) 8-3
• William Persson/Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. Nick Adamou/Jack Steinman (HARTWICK) 8-1
• Mark Kanevsky/Keegan Morris (STEVENS) def. Casey Serdiouk/Tyler Adler (HARTWICK) 8-1

Singles Results (Utica)

• Danny Polk (STEVENS) def. Paul Litvak (UTICA) 6-0, 6-0
• Keegan Morris (STEVENS) def. Maki Medici (UTICA) 6-0, 6-0
• Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. Christian Carman (UTICA) 6-0, 6-0
• Gabriel Sifuentes (STEVENS) def. Garrett Bortiatynski (UTICA) 6-0, 6-0
• Arjun Krishnan (STEVENS) def. Joshua Palmer (UTICA) 6-1, 6-0
• David Schulz (STEVENS) def. Alfonzo Whitehurst (UTICA) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles Results (Utica)

• Danny Polk/Bryan Szayna (STEVENS) def. Paul Litvak/Maki Medici (UTICA) 8-1
• William Persson/Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. Christian Carman/Joshua Palmer (UTICA) 8-0
• Mark Kanevsky/Keegan Morris (STEVENS) def. Garrett Bortiatynski/Alfonzo Whitehurst (UTICA) 8-0

Up Next

• No. 37 Men's Tennis opens the Empire 8 Conference tournament Friday afternoon in upstate New York with a match against Hartwick College.

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