April 28, 2007

The third seeded Stony Brook men's tennis team topped the second seed Boston University team, 4-0, on Saturday afternoon to advance to the America East Championship on Sunday.

Stony Brook claimed the doubles point for an early 1-0 lead as Quirijn Van Veen and Ilan Shvartz won at No. 2 doubles, 8-4, and Jon Epstein and Youssef Fassi-Fehri won at No. 3, 9-8.

In singles, Fassi-Fehri won at No. 2, 6-2, 6-2, Nihal Advani won at No. 3, 6-3, 6-1 and Shvartz won at No. 4, 6-2, 6-1 to clinch the 4-0 win.

The Seawolves will face UMBC in the title match on Sunday morning.

Singles (one team point for each win)
No. 2 Youssef Fassi-Fehri (Stony Brook) def. Charles Weinstein (Boston U.) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Nihal Advani (Stony Brook) def. Giulio Gallarotti (Boston U.) 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 Ilan Shvartz (Stony Brook) def. Jared Kobren (Boston U.) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles (one team point for best two-of-three)
No. 1 Wolf/Gallarotti (Boston U.) def. Advani/Markovich (Stony Brook) 9-8 (10-8 tb)
No. 2 Van Veen/Shvartz (Stony Brook) def. Phil DeMeo/Chudacoff (Boston U.) 8-4
No. 3 Epstein/Fassi-Fehri (Stony Brook) def. Weinstein/Lohr (Boston U.) 9-8 (8-6)
Others (did not finish due to team match decided)
No. 1 Quirjin Van Veen (Stony Brook) led Barret Wolf (Boston U.) 7-5, 4-1 DNF
No. 5 Jeff Chudacoff (Boston U.) led Jon Epstein (Stony Brook) 6-2, 2-4 DNF
No. 6 Alex Markovich (Stony Brook led Ross Lohr (Boston U.) 6-3, 5-2 DNF