Men's Tennis Wins Spring Opener
02/23/08
The New York University men's tennis team opened the spring portion of its 2007-08 season with a 5-4 victory over Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, PA, on Saturday.
The Violets (1-1 overall) won two of the three doubles matches and split the six singles matches to secure the victory.
It was a true team effort for the Violets as seven different players (3 singles, 4 doubles) recorded wins, while no played had more than one.
Senior co-captain Mikhail Gurevich (#1), junior Craig Berger (#3) and sophomore P.J. Marranca (#6) scored the singles victories, while junior Brett Levin and sophomore Eugene Tsarevskiy (#2), and senior co-captain Calvin Chou and junior Karol Kocemba (#3) recorded the doubles victories.
The complete match-by-match results follow:
Singles competition
1. Mikhail Gurevich (NYU) def. Jonathan Lo (SWAT) 6-4, 7-5
2. Kevin Shaughnessy (SWAT) def. Calvin Chou (NYU) 6-0, 1-6, 6-4
3. Craig Berger (NYU) def. Mark Wee (SWAT) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
4. JJ England (SWAT) def. Brett Levin (NYU) 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
5. Mark Greenburg (SWAT) def. Eugene Tsarevskiy (NYU) 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
6. P.J. Marranca (NYU) def. J. deFeliciantonio (SWAT) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
Doubles competition
1. Jonathan Lo/Kevin Shaughnessy (SWAT) def. Mikhail Gurevich/Craig Berger (NYU) 8-0
2. Brett Levin/Eugene Tsarevskiy (NYU) def. JJ England/Mark Greenburg (SWAT) 9-7
3. Calvin Chou/Karol Kocemba (NYU) def. Mark Wee/J. deFeliciantonio (SWAT) 8-6