Feb. 10, 2012

West Point, N.Y. - The Stony Brook men's tennis team picked up its second win of the season Friday night, knocking off UConn, 7-0 at West Point's Lichtenberg Tennis Center.

SBU opened the match by earning wins in two of the three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. Sophomore Nikita Fomin (Moscow, Russia) and freshman Francis Bertrand (Repentigny, Quebec) won 8-3 at the No. 1 position and freshman Stefan Ilic (Forest Hills, N.Y.0) won 8-4 at No. 3.

The Seawolves then swept the singles matches led by Fomin, who defeated Scott Warden in three sets at No. 1 singles. Bertrand and senior Roope Kailaheimo (Helsinki, Finland) then won in straight sets at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively.

Senior Max Sztabholz (Paris, France) and junior Robert Forai (Novi Sad, Serbia) each dropped just five games on the way to easy victories at No. 5 singles and No. 6 singles.

Stony Brook 7, UConn 0
Doubles
1. Fomin/Bertrand (SB) def Warden/Spreyer (UC) 8-3
2. Adams/Lin (UC) def Kailaheimo/Forai (SB) 8-4
3. Ilic/Sztabholz (SB) def Surovic/Carr (UC) 8-4

Singles
1. Nikita Fomin (SB) def Scott Warden (UC) 6-1, 5-7, 11-9
2. Francis Bertrand (SB) def Jacob Spreyer (UC) 6-2, 6-4
3. Roope Kailaheimo (SB) def Wei Lin (UC) 6-2, 6-2
4. Stefan Ilic (SB) def Dave Adams (UC) 7-6(7), 5-7, 10-3
5. Max Sztabholz (SB) def Ryan Carr (UC) 6-4, 6-1
6. Robert Forai (SB) def Teddy Margules (UC) 6-2, 6-3