March 29, 2007

New Haven, Conn. - The Stony Brook men's tennis team fell to Yale, 6-1, on Wednesday evening. Ilan Shvartz earned the lone Seawolf point at No. 4 singles. With the loss the Seawolves move to 4-7 on the year.

Yale swept all three doubles matches en route to grabbing an early 1-0 lead in the match. The Bulldogs maintained their momentum as they won five of six singles leads to hand the Seawolves a 6-1 loss. Shvartz cruised at No. 4 singles for the lone Stony Brook point, besting Matt Schimmel, 6-1, 6-2.

The Seawolves return to action this Friday when they welcome St. John's to University Courts. The match is scheduled for a 3:00 p.m. start.

Yale 6, Stony Brook 1

Singles
1. Michael Caldwell (Y) def. Quirijn Van Veen (SB), 6-4, 6-4
2. Jeff Dawson (Y) def. Youssef Fassi-Fehri (SB), 7-5, 6-3
3. Connor Dawson (Y) def. Nihal Advani (SB), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
4. Ilan Shvartz (SB) def. Matt Schimmel (Y), 6-1, 6-2
5. Josh Lederman (Y) def. Alex Markovich (SB), 5-7, 7-5, (10-7)
6. Tom Santoro (Y) def. Eugene Tsarevskiy (SB), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. J. Dawson / Lederman (Y) def. Advani / Markovich (SB), 8-5
2. Caldwell / C. Dawson (Y) def. Shvartz / Van Veen (SB), 8-6
3. Santoro / Schimmel (Y) def. Fassi-Fehri / Zack Smith (SB), 8-3