STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Saint Francis men's tennis team picked up a 5-2 win over Wagner on Saturday in NEC play. The Red Flash swept the doubles action and won four singles matches. SFU is now 10-8 overall and 2-0 in conference. Wagner dropped to 7-11 this season, including 1-3 in the NEC.
Sophomore
Alec Dylan Foo-Kune (Phoenix, Mauritius/International Connections Academy (Md.)) and senior
Washi Gervais (Longueuil, Quebec/College Stanislas) matched up at the top doubles spot against Eric Poland and Dale Sandy. The Red Flash duo earned a 6-1 win to improve to 12-6 on the season.
At the No. 2 position, junior
Plamen Avuski (Plovdiv, Bulgaria /Math High School ) and freshman
Jan Vit Suntar (Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia/Gimnazija Kranj) competed against the Seahawks' Charlton Boyd and Ilya Kneppelhout. The SFU pair picked up a 6-3 victory for its 14th win of the spring.
The matchup at No. 3 featured SFU juniors
Eli Cerdan (Bloomfield, N.J. /Saint Mary High School) and
Rodrigo Tico (Guadalajara, Mexico/Colegio de Bachilleres) against Wagner's John Andersson and Allen Wang. Saint Francis clinched a doubles sweep with Cerdan and Tico's 7-5 win.
Gervais competed at the top singles spot against Sandy. The SFU senior claimed the first set, 6-3. He completed the sweep with a 6-2 second set win. Gervais picked up his 12 win this season at No. 1.
Lining up at No. 2 was SFU's Foo-Kune against the Seahawks' Kneppelhout. The Red Flash sophomore took the opening set, 6-1. He nearly repeated his performance, winning the next set, 6-2. He is now 9-9 this spring.
Avuski matched up at No. 5 against Wang. The SFU junior won the first set, 6-1. In a tight second set, Avuski came out on top, 7-5, to complete the straight-set victory. He now has 11 wins in dual matches.
Cerdan met Jeremy Nuss at No. 6. Cerdan dominated the first set, winning 6-0. The SFU junior rode his momentum to a 6-0 win in the second set. He improved to 7-5 this spring.
At No. 3, Tico faced Wagner's Eric Poland. However, Tico fell 6-1, 6-2.
Suntar competed at the fourth spot against the Seahawks' Boyd. After dropping the first set, 7-5, Suntar bounced back to win the second set, 6-1. In the deciding set, Boyd came out on top, 6-2.
The Red Flash concludes its regular season on Saturday. SFU meets NEC foe St. Francis Brooklyn at 10 a.m. and Hofstra at 2 p.m.
Doubles:
1. Foo-Kune/Gervais(SFU) def. Poland/Sandy (Wagner), 6-1
2. Avuski/Suntar(SFU) def. Boyd/Kneppelhout (Wagner), 6-3.
3. Cerdan/Tico(SFU) def. Andersson/Wang(Wagner), 7-5.
Singles:
1. Gervais(SFU) def. Sandy (Wagner), 6-3, 6-2.
2. Foo-Kune(SFU) def. Kneppelhout (Wagner), 6-1, 6-2.
3. Poland (Wagner) def. Tico(SFU), 6-1, 6-2.
4. Boyd (Wagner) def. Suntar(SFU), 7-5, 1-6, 6-2.
5. Avuski(SFU) def. Wang (Wagner), 6-1, 7-5.
6. Cerdan(SFU) def. Nuss (Wagner), 6-0, 6-0.
