Men's Tennis Wins Third Straight Match
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT men's tennis won its third match in as many days on Saturday, beating the Stevens Institute of Technology Ducks by an 8-1 margin. MIT swept the doubles matches and lost only at first singles at JB Carr Tennis Bubble.
MIT's Matthew Skalak and Ken Van Tilburg got the Engineers off to a good start with an 8-2 victory at No. 1 doubles over Stevens' Chris Rosensteel and Shota Tasaki. MIT freshman Curtis Wu and sophomore Larry Pang then upended Ducks' seniors Arik Zeevy and Jason Ringstad 8-5 at No. 2 doubles, before Edwin Zhang and Andrew Cooper completed the Engineers doubles sweep with an 8-1 triumph in the third slot.
Rosensteel would notch the Ducks' lone win of the day with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Tilburg. Zhang bested Zeevy 6-1, 6-2 in second singles, while Pang earned a 7-5, 6-4 decision over Tasaki in No. 3 singles. MIT sophomore Brian Oldfield got a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ringstad in fourth singles, with Skalak and Cooper taking home triumphs over their Stevens counterparts in the fifth and sixth spots.
MIT sees its ledger improve to 3-1 and will have some well deserved time off before they host Bates College on March 12th. The Ducks of Stevens fell to 1-1 on the year and will embark on a Spring Break trip to California with matches against Amherst, Pomona, Occidental and Whittier.
MIT 8, Stevens 1
Mar 05, 2011 at Cambridge, Mass. (JB Carr Tennis Bubble)
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Singles competition |
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1. Chris Rosensteel (SITM) def. Ken Van Tilburg (MIT) 7-5, 7-5 |
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2. Edwin Zhang (MIT) def. Arik Zeevy (SITM) 6-1, 6-2 |
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3. Larry Pang (MIT) def. Shota Tasaki (SITM) 7-5, 6-4 |
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4. Brian Oldfield (MIT) def. Jason Ringstad (SITM) 6-2, 6-2 |
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5. Matthew Skalak (MIT) def. Jay Lee (SITM) 1-6, 6-1, 10-6 |
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6. Andrew Cooper (MIT) def. Lopburi Sasinin (SITM) 7-6, 6-1 |
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Doubles competition |
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1. Ken Van Tilburg/Matthew Skalak (MIT) def. Chris Rosensteel/Shota Tasaki (SITM) 8-2 |
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2. Larry Pang/Curtis Wu (MIT) def. Jason Ringstad/Arik Zeevy (SITM) 8-5 |
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3. Edwin Zhang/Andrew Cooper (MIT) def. Jay Lee/Gregory Klose (SITM) 8-1 |