EDGEWATER, N.J. – The Mount Saint Mary College men's tennis team (5-4, 3-2 Skyline) fell to defending Skyline Conference champion Yeshiva University (8-3, 4-0 Skyline) by the score of 9-0 Tuesday evening at the Binghamton Racquet Club.
Missing their No. 1 player, senior
Connor Bean (Glenville, N.Y.), who did not play due to illness, the Knights were already in a bind heading into a match with a tough Maccabee lineup. With a jumbled lineup, the Knights had a rough go in doubles play to start the evening. Junior
Dan Witke (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and freshman
Chris Jaros (Marlboro, N.Y.) fell to David Papis Elon and Igal Mostkov, 8-1, at No. 1 doubles. Junior
Joe Borden (Newburgh, N.Y.) and freshman
Connor Gargan (Rocky Point, N.Y.) dropped the No. 2 doubles match to Steven Jemal and Adam Wannon, 8-3. Yeshiva completed the doubles sweep when Dmitri Lebedyev and Charles Saka defeated senior
Bryan Frank (West Babylon, N.Y.) and senior
Shane McLoughlin (Washingtonville, N.Y.), 8-2, at third doubles.
Witke dropped the No. 1 singles match to Papis Elon, 6-0, 6-1, while Borden fell at No. 2 to Mostkov, 6-0, 6-0. Frank lost to Lebedyev at third singles, 6-1, 6-0, and Gargan fell 6-0, 6-2 to Jemal at flight four. Jaros also lost, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 5 to Saka, and McLoughlin dropped the No. 6 match to Akiva Katz, 6-0, 6-1.
The Knights will look to bounce back on Thursday, April 16, when they get a break from Skyline action and take on Ramapo College on the Mount Saint Mary College Tennis Courts. The match is set to begin at 6 p.m.
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