NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Result
Saturday, April 21, 2007
|
Yusufcan Koksal |
No. 37 Mercy College Falls 5-0 to No. 16 Concordia in ECC Men's Tennis Finals
BRONXVILLE, NY - The Mercy College men's tennis team (9-3), ranked No. 37 in the nation and seeded second, fell by a score of 5-0 in the East Coast Conference (ECC) Championship match to host Concordia, the top seed and 16th-ranked team in the nation, on Saturday, April 21.
Concordia took all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead. Vyacheslav Glebov (Krasnoyarsk, Russia) and Carlos Ferreira (Sao Paolo, Brazil) fell to Rodrigo Teixeira and Vita Galatioto at No. 1, by a score of 8-5. Timon Prosper (Mardigras, St. Georges) and Yusufcan Koksal (Ankara, Turkey) battled at No. 2, but dropped an 8-6 decision to Kirill Azovtsev and Alex Grubin. Concordia's John Cassas and Niklas Boerger posted an 8-3 decision over Alican Seren (Istanbul, Turkey) and Zeki Tukel (Istanbul, Turkey) at No. 3.
Concordia then closed the match out with the final two points in singles play. Grubin recorded a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Koksal at No. 1, and Teixeira defeated Seren by scores of 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3.
Concordia claims the ECC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, while Mercy, currently ranked No. 3 in the East Region, will now wait for the announcement of at-large bids, which will be announced on Wednesday, April 25.
Position |
Concordia College (New York) |
Mercy College |
Winner |
Score |
#1 Singles |
#50 Alex Grubin |
Yusufcan Koksal |
Concordia College (New York) |
6-2, 6-2 |
#2 Singles |
Josep Molet |
Zeki Tukel |
Unfinished |
DNF |
#3 Singles |
Rodrigo Teixeira |
Alican Seren |
Concordia College (New York) |
6-2, 6-2 |
#4 Singles |
Kirill Azovtsev |
Vyacheslav Glebov |
Unfinished |
DNF |
#5 Singles |
Vladimir Malkin |
Carlos Ferreira |
Not Played |
DNP |
#6 Singles |
John Cassas |
Timon Prosper |
Not Played |
DNP |
#1 Doubles |
Rodrigo
Teixeira
|
Vyacheslav
Glebov
|
Concordia College (New York) |
8-5 |
#2 Doubles |
Kirill
Azovtsev
|
Timon
Prosper
|
Concordia College (New York) |
8-6 |
#3 Doubles |
John
Cassas
|
Alican
Seren
|
Concordia College (New York) |
8-3 |
