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Saints men's tennis falls to Vassar in league play

Posted 4/22/18

First-year players Leo Romanetz and Jordan Mamelak earned singles wins at No. 2 and No. 6, respectively, but the Saints fell to Vassar, 7-2, in a Liberty League match on Saturday afternoon in Canton, …

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Saints men's tennis falls to Vassar in league play

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First-year players Leo Romanetz and Jordan Mamelak earned singles wins at No. 2 and No. 6, respectively, but the Saints fell to Vassar, 7-2, in a Liberty League match on Saturday afternoon in Canton, New York.

After Vassar swept doubles, Romanetz notched the first win for St. Lawrence to open singles play, downing Adam Krueger 6-2, 7-5. Vassar then won four straight to clinch the win before Mamelak cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win over Zamir Birnbach at No. 6.

Spencer Whitmire pushed his match at No. 3 to three sets, as he came back from a loss in the first to win the second 6-2. He was eventually best by the Brewers' Jeremy Auh in the third, 6-0.

Auh won the decisive fifth point to seal the win for Vassar, who snapped a nine-match losing streak against the Saints on Saturday and improved to 4-3 in Liberty League matches.

Results – Vassar 7, St. Lawrence 2

Doubles –

Adam Krueger/Jeremy Auh def. Eric Tecce/Leo Romanetz – 8-3

David Gandham/Jamie Anderson def. Arman Tavana/Joshua Marvald – 8-5

Nicolas Demaria/Nick Zuczek def. Spencer Whitmire/Alec Roslin – 8-6

Singles –

David Gandham def. Eric Tecce – 7-6 (3), 7-5

Leo Romanetz def. Adam Krueger – 6-2, 7-5

Jeremy Auh def. Spencer Whitmire – 6-4, 2-6, 6-0

Jamie Anderson def. Andrew Mercorella – 6-2, 6-3

Nicolas Demaria def. Alec Roslin – 7-5, 7-5

Jordan Mamelak def. Zamir Birnbach – 6-0, 6-3

Records – St. Lawrence (6-10, 2-5 LL), Vassar (6-11, 4-3 LL)

Order of Finish -- Doubles (1, 2, 3), Singles (2, 4, 3, 5, 1, 6)

Up Next – The Saints will finish the regular season with a 1 p.m. match against Union on Sunday afternoon in Canton, New York.