April 8, 2018

Box Score 

The Basics

• No. 18 Brandeis University 8; Stevens Institute of Technology Men's Tennis 1
• Location: Stevens Tennis Courts - Hoboken, N.J.
• Short Story: The Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team reached tiebreakers in three different matches, but suffered a hard-fought 8-1 setback to Brandeis University Sunday in a non-conference match at the Stevens Tennis Courts. The Ducks earned their lone victory at No. 6 singles, where freshman Mark Kanevsky won in straight sets.
• The records: Stevens: 6-8; Brandeis: 10-2
• Of note: The loss snapped Stevens' four-match winning streak

    
How It Happened

• Brandeis took the first point of the match at No. 3 doubles. 
• Senior Kyle Henry paired with Kanevsky to battle the No. 9 duo in the country, Anupreeth Coramutla and David Aizenberg at first doubles. The Stevens pair battled gamely before falling 8-6.
• In the second doubles slot, senior Danny Polk and freshman Bryan Szayna dropped a 9-8 decision to Tyler Ng and Jackson Kogan. The score was 9-7 in the tiebreaker.
• After taking all three of the doubles points, Brandeis earned straight-set wins at third and fourth singles to clinch the match.
• Senior William Persson fell to regionally-ranked Jackson Kogan at second singles (6-3, 7-6). The second-set tiebreaker was 7-5.
• Szayna topped Ng in the first set at fifth singles, 7-6 (7-4), before Ng rallied to win the match via a 10-3 super tiebreaker.
• Kanevsky topped Benjamin Wolfe 7-5, 6-4 to close out the afternoon.

Singles Results

• David Aizenberg (BRANDEIS) def. Danny Polk (STEVENS) 6-4, 6-4
• Jackson Kogan (BRANDEIS) def. William Persson (STEVENS) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
• Rajan Vohra (BRANDEIS) def. Kyle Henry (STEVENS) 6-1, 6-0
• Nikhil Das (BRANDEIS) def. Keegan Morris (STEVENS) 6-1, 6-2
• Tyler Ng (BRANDEIS) def. Bryan Szayna (STEVENS) 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 10-3
• Mark Kanevsky (STEVENS) def. Benjamin Wolfe (BRANDEIS) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles Results

• #9 Anupreeth Coramutla/David Aizenberg (BRANDEIS) def. Kyle Henry/Mark Kanevsky (STEVENS) 8-6
• Tyler Ng/Jackson Kogan (BRANDEIS) def. Danny Polk/Bryan Szayna (STEVENS) 9-8 (9-7)
• Nikhil Das/Rajan Vohra (BRANDEIS) def. David Schulz/Arjun Krishnan (STEVENS) 8-0

Up Next

• Men's Tennis welcomes No. 32 New York University to the Stevens Tennis Courts on Wednesday, April 11 for a non-conference match at 3 p.m.

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