NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Result
Saturday, April 14, 2007
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Yusufcan Koksal |
No. 37 Mercy College Men's Tennis Tops St. Thomas Aquinas 6-3, for Fourth Straight Victory
SPARKILL, NY - The Mercy College men's tennis team, ranked No. 37 in the nation, defeated host St. Thomas Aquinas College by a score of 6-3, for its fourth consecutive victory on Saturday, April 14. The Flyers improved to 8-2 overall and 4-1 in East Coast Conference (ECC) play. The Spartans dropped to 0-9 overall and 0-5 in the league.
Mercy notched a pair of points in doubles play. Timon Prosper (Mardigras, St. Georges) and Yusufcan Koksal (Ankara, Turkey) paired up for an 8-2 win at No. 1, while Vyacheslav Glebov (Krasnoyarsk, Russia) and Alican Seren (Istanbul, Turkey) teamed up for an 8-3 victory at No. 2.
The Flyers sealed the decision by earning straight set wins at the top four singles spots. Koksal cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Tony Tello at No.1, and Seren posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 2 over Jeff Boyce. Glebov blanked Christian Varas at No. 3, and Prosper closed it out with a 6-0, 6-0 win versus Jonathan Pomarico at No. 4 singles.
Mercy will be the No. 2 seed at next week's ECC Championships and will host No. 3 seed Dowling on Thursday, April 19.
Position |
Mercy College |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
Winner |
Score |
#1 Singles |
Yusufcan Koksal |
Tony Tello |
Mercy College |
6-0, 6-1 |
#2 Singles |
Alican Seren |
Jeff Boyce |
Mercy College |
6-0, 6-0 |
#3 Singles |
Vyacheslav Glebov |
Christian Varas |
Mercy College |
6-0, 6-0 |
#4 Singles |
Timon Prosper |
Jonathan Pomarico |
Mercy College |
6-0, 6-0 |
#5 Singles |
Zeki Tukel |
Michael Antolini |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
not played |
#6 Singles |
Carlos Ferreira |
Ryan Maher |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
not played |
#1 Doubles |
Timon
Prosper
|
Tony
Tello
|
Mercy College |
8-2 |
#2 Doubles |
Vyacheslav
Glebov
|
Christian
Varas
|
Mercy College |
8-3 |
#3 Doubles |
Carlos
Ferreira
|
Jonathan
Pomarico
|
St. Thomas Aquinas |
Not played |
