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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS
Aaron Mevorach
Rochester Athletics

Men's Tennis By: Scott Sabocheck, Asst. Director of Athletic Communications

'Jackets Win 8-1 Over Ithaca

Box Score

GOERGEN ATHLETIC CENTER – The University of Rochester earned a decisive 8-1 win over Ithaca College on Sunday afternoon in men's tennis action at the Goergen Athletic Center.
 
The Yellowjackets (3-2) took all three doubles matches and never looked back, only dropping one match, that coming at the #1 singles spot in a marathon 3-set affair.  The loss drops Ithaca to 0-1 as the Bombers were kicking off their dual meet schedule on Sunday.
 
UR had four double-winners on the day, as Andrew Nunno, Sam Leeman, Aaron Mevorach and Sahaj Somani all won in both singles and doubles.  Yifan Shen also won a singles match while Tanmay Thakkar and Masaru Fujimaki were winners in doubles.
 
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Somani was a double-winner.

The doubles pair of Somani and Thakkar started things off with an 8-3 win over Nathan Wolf and Max Prestwich.  Nunno and Leeman then made it 2-0 Rochester with an 8-4 victory, defeating Wes Davis and Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos.  The final doubles point went to UR in an 8-7 decision, with Mevorach and Fujimaki winning over Minos Stavrakas and Michael Gardiner.
 
In singles, all five of UR's wins went in straight sets.  Mevorach won over Colten Lavery 6-2, 6-2 at #4 while the fifth and clinching point went to Nunno who defeated Davis at #2, 6-1, 6-3.
 
Leeman then beat Gardiner 6-3, 6-2 in the #3 position which was followed by wins at #5 and #6 from Somani and Shen over Wolf and Prestwich respectively.  Somani won 6-3, 6-2 while Shen was a 6-2, 6-1 winner.
 
The final match, and Ithaca's lone point on the day went to Stavrakas, defeating UR's Fujimaki 7-6, 5-7, 10-5.
 
Rochester's next match is scheduled for Saturday, at Vassar College at 9 am.  UR then completes the weekend facing RPI next Sunday.
 

Players Mentioned

Sam Leeman

Sam Leeman

6' 2"
Senior
Masaru Fujimaki

Masaru Fujimaki

5' 9"
Junior
Yifan Shen

Yifan Shen

5' 10"
Sophomore
Sahaj Somani

Sahaj Somani

6' 3"
Sophomore
Tanmay Thakkar

Tanmay Thakkar

5' 9"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Sam Leeman

Sam Leeman

6' 2"
Senior
Masaru Fujimaki

Masaru Fujimaki

5' 9"
Junior
Yifan Shen

Yifan Shen

5' 10"
Sophomore
Sahaj Somani

Sahaj Somani

6' 3"
Sophomore
Tanmay Thakkar

Tanmay Thakkar

5' 9"
Sophomore