Selinsgrove, Pa. – The Susquehanna University men's tennis team won all six singles matches in straight sets as SU opened up Landmark Conference action on Saturday afternoon. Susquehanna (10-1, 1-0 LC) picked up its third straight win by shutting out Elizabethtown College (1-5, 0-2 LC), 9-0, at the Garrett Center Tennis Courts.
Susquehanna 9, Elizabethtown 0
How It Happened
Doubles
- The River Hawks opened up the match with an 8-1 triumph at the No. 3 spot behind a solid performance from senior Nicholas Meale (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) and freshman Emil Vyskocil (Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N.Y./Cornwall) as the duo improved to 13-0 on the season.
- Seniors Alex Cocolas (High Bridge, N.J./Voorhees) and Alex Dove (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) followed suit with an 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles.
- Seniors Ben Ornstein (Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greeley) and Ryan Seibert (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) wrapped up the doubles sweep with a hard-fought 8-6 victory at No. 2 spot.
Singles
- Cocolas continued the winning with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph at No. 3 singles for his fifth straight followed by a 6-3, 6-4 victory by Ornstein at No. 1 singles for his eighth in a row.
- Dove won his second straight with a 6-1, 7-6 (2) score at No. 2 singles while Meale picked up a 6-1, 6-1 triumph at No. 5 singles.
- Rounding out the singles sweep was Seibert, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles, and Vyskocil, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 4 singles.
Up Next for the River Hawks
- Mar. 31 vs. Moravian (7-4, 1-1 LC) – Landmark Conference match – Garrett Center Tennis Courts – 1:00 p.m.
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