April 12, 2010

2010 Senior Day Photo Gallery

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Stony Brook University's men's and women's tennis teams each rolled to 7-0 victories over Long Island rival Hofstra on Monday afternoon at University Courts. The Seawolves honored their four seniors- Paola Rodolfi (Asuncion, Paraguay), Halvar Dil (Amersfort, Netherlands), Jon Epstein (Silver Spring, Md.) and Ilan Shvartz (Haifa Isreal)- prior to the match.

The women started their match out by earning the doubles point. Senior Paola Rodolfi (Asuncion, Paraguay) and sophomore Prerana Appineni (Hyderabad, India) won 8-6 at No. 1 and sophomore Anna Pieschl (Gothenburg, Sweden) and junior Gayatri Krishnan (Chennai, India) also won 8-6 at No. 2. Sophomore Katherine Hanson (Smithtown, N.Y.) and sophomore Salome Mkervalidze (Brewster, N.Y.) won 8-5 at No. 3.

SBU cruised through the singles matches, winning all but one in straight sets. Freshman Nini Lagvilava (Tbilisi, Georgia) won 6-3, 6-0, at the No. 1 spot while Pieschl won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2. Appineni won 6-4, 6-0 at No. 4 while freshman Aylin Mehter (Massapequa, N.Y.) won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 5. Junior Gayatri Krishnan (Chennai, India) dropped just one game at No. 6 while Rodolfi won a third-set tiebreak, 7-2, at No. 3.

The men also opened their match by taking the doubles point. Junior Ivan Rummel (Budapest, Hungary) and sophomore Max Sztabholz (Paris, France) won 8-0 at No. 3 while sophomore Mitch Wong (Tampa, Fla.) and freshman Palash Tiwari won 8-4 at No. 2. Epstein and Dil rallied from an early deficit to win 8-7 (7) at No. 1.

SBU then won each of its six singles matches in straight sets. Rummel dropped just one game at No. 1 while Epstein coasted to a 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2. Dil did not lose a game at No. 3 and Wong also dropped just one game at No. 4. Tiwari cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 5 and Sztabholz won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6.

It was the seventh straight win for the men, who improved to 14-4 with the win. The women improved to 15-3 with their sixth consecutive victory.

The men and women each return to action on Tuesday, hosting Quinnipiac. Match time is set for 2 p.m.

Women Stony Brook 7, Hofstra 0
Doubles
1. Rodolfi/Appineni (SB) def. Taylor/Gilanchi (H), 8-6
2. Pieschl/Krishnan (SB) def. Clifton/Tsay (H), 8-6
3. Hanson/Mkervalidze (SB) def. Gattelaro/Sailer (H), 8-5

Singles
1. Nini Lagvilava (SB) def. Taylor (H), 6-3, 6-0
2. Anna Pieschl (SB) def. Clifton (H0, 6-4, 6-2
3. Paola Rodolfi (SB) def. Gattelaro (H), 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2)
4. Prerana Appineni (SB) def. Gilanchi (H0, 6-3, 6-0
5. Aylin Mehter (SB) def. Tsay (H), 6-2, 6-0
6. Gayatri Krishnan (SB) def. Polizois (H), 6-0, 6-1

Men
Stony Brook 7, Hofstra 0
Doubles
1. Epstein/Dil (SB) def. Thompson Star/Disley (H), 8-7 (9-7)
2. Tiwari/Wong (SB) def. Vila/Levinson (H), 8-4
3. Rummel/Shvartz (SB) def. Gimenez/Allen (H), 8-0

Singles
1. Ivan Rummel (SB) def. Thompson-Star (H), 6-1, 6-0
2. Jon Epstein (SB) def. Levinson (H), 6-1, 6-2
3. Halvar Dil (SB) def. Vila (H), 6-0, 6-0
4. Mitch Wong (SB) def. Disley (H), 6-0, 6-1
5. Palash Tiwari (SB) def. Sinkoff (H), 6-2, 6-3
6. Max Sztabholz (SB) def. Allen (H), 6-0, 6-1