Port Washington, N.Y. -- The Adelphi University men's tennis team opened its spring season with an 8-1 setback against the Bears of the New York Institute of Technology at the Port Washington Tennis Academy on Tuesday.
Matteo Cannavera was responsible for the lone point for the Panthers (1-1) as he moved to 2-0 at No. 1 singles on the season with a 6-4, 6-3 win over David Jiang in the top spot. Adelphi trailed 3-0 at the close of doubles play against the No. 28 team in the ITA-Oracle Division II national rankings and the top team in the East region, but tandem play could've gone either way, as Adelphi stayed close at No. 1 and No. 3, dropping both decisions by a margin of single break of serve, 8-6.
Doubles
1. Maxton Cook/David Jiang (NYITM) def.
Matteo Cannavera/
Uladzislau Litvinchuk (ADE) 8-6
2. Rafal Charkiewicz/Rares Ispas (NYITM) def.
Roey Heymann/
Sabin Adrian Saveluc (ADE) 8-2
3. Alexandre Martinez/Jamie Salvador (NYITM) def.
Connor Dove/
David Robres de Veciana (ADE) 8-6
Singles
1.
Matteo Cannavera (ADE) def. David Jiang (NYITM) 6-4, 6-3
2. Rafal Charkiewicz (NYITM) def.
Uladzislau Litvinchuk (ADE) 6-2, 6-3
3. Jamie Salvador (NYITM) def.
Roey Heymann (ADE) 7-5, 7-5
4. Rares Ispas (NYITM) def.
Sabin Adrian Saveluc (ADE) 6-2, 6-0
5. Francisco Caldas (NYITM) def.
Connor Dove (ADE) 6-0, 6-3
6. Alexandre Martinez (NYITM) def.
David Robres de Veciana (ADE) 6-1, 5-7, 10-8
The Panthers return to the courts on Friday, March 3 when they travel to Queens College for a 12 pm non-conference match.
About Adelphi Athletics:
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009 and in the past six seasons has collected 18 regular season conference titles, 22 tournament championships, 29 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 President's Cup twice (2013 and 2014), while winning five NCAA Division II National Championships.
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