Feb. 25, 2007

Lewisburg, Penn. - The Stony Brook men's tennis team swept all six singles matches to roll to a 6-1 win over Bucknell on Saturday afternoon. The win is the Seawolves third in a row and they improve to 3-3 on the year.

After dropping two out of three doubles matches and falling into an early 1-0 hole, the Stony Brook men's tennis team won all six singles matches to cruise to the 6-1 win.

At No. 1 singles, Quirijn Van Veen won in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2. At the number two slot, Nihal Advani bested Ryan Sandburg, 6-4, 6-2. Youssef Fassi-Fehri kept things rolling at No. 3 singles with a 6-2, 6-2 win, Ilan Shvartz won at No. 4 singles, 6-3, 6-0, Jon Epstein won at No. 5, 8-4, and Alex Markovich completed the singles sweep with an 8-6 win at No. 6 singles. The duo of Shvartz and Epstein picked up the lone doubles win on the day for Stony Brook with an 8-2 win at No. 3.

The Seawolves return to action on March 3 when they take on Buffalo.

Stony Brook 6, Bucknell 1
Doubles
1. Reibeisen/Hascoe (Bucknell) def. Advani/Van Veen (SB)- 8-5
2. Brenner/Sandburg (Bucknell) def. Fassi-Fehri SB)- 8-5
3. Shvartz/Epstein (SB) def. Bednarek/Young (Bucknell) - 8-2

Singles
1. Quirijn Van Veen (SB) def. Ira Reibeisen (Bucknell) - 7-5, 6-2
2. Nihal Advani (SB) def. Ryan Sandburg (Bucknell) - 6-4, 6-2
3. Youssef Fassi-Fehri (SB) def. Jonathan Brenner (Bucknell) - 6-2, 6-2
4. Ilan Shvartz (SB) def. Zach Hascoe (Bucknell) - 6-3, 6-0
5. Jon Epstein (SB) def. Ben Young (Bucknell) - 8-4
6. Alex Markovich (SB) def. Daniel Bednarek (Bucknell) - 8-6