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University of Rochester Athletics

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS
Tanmay Thakkar
Rochester Athletics

Men's Tennis

Hobart Tops Rochester in Regional Tennis Battle

Box score

PETER LYMAN TENNIS CENTER: Visiting Hobart College won five of six singles and two of the three doubles events to post a 7-2 victory over the University of Rochester in a matchup of regionally-ranked men's tennis programs.
 
The Statesmen entered the match ranked number 15 in the region while the Yellowjackets stood at #18. Rochester concluded the regular-season portion of its schedule at 9-9. UR will head to Altamonte Springs, FL next week to play in the University Athletic Association championships. Hobart, which has a handful of Liberty League matches to play, is 8-4.
 
Rochester earned its points at #1 doubles and #6 singles. Masaru Fujimaki and Aaron Mevorach defeated Alan Dubrovsky and Jonah Salita, 8-7 (7-5). That evened the doubles score. HC's Danny Kot and Mike Rusk opened the match with an 8-2 victory over Tanmay Thakkar and Andrew Nunno at #2 doubles. Hobart carried a 2-1 lead into singles play after Harry Nichols and Jonathan Atwater edged Sam Leeman and Mattias Hartveit, 8-6, at #3.
 
The visitors stretched the lead to 4-1 with Dubrovsky defeating Leeman, 6-3, 7-5 at #2 and Rusk toping Mevorach by the identical score (6-3, 7-5) at #5. Thakkar won his point at #6 (6-4, 6-3 over Kot) to pull Rochester within 4-2.
 
Nichols won the crucial fifth team point with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Jun Yuminaga at #4. Salita downed Nunno, 6-3, 6-2, at #3, and Atwater completed the match with a 7-5, 6-2 win against Fujimaki at #1.
 

Players Mentioned

Masaru Fujimaki

Masaru Fujimaki

5' 9"
Sophomore
Sam Leeman

Sam Leeman

6' 2"
Senior
Aaron Mevorach

Aaron Mevorach

5' 10"
Junior
Andrew Nunno

Andrew Nunno

6' 0"
Junior
Jun Yuminaga

Jun Yuminaga

5' 10"
Junior
Tanmay Thakkar

Tanmay Thakkar

5' 9"
First Year
Mattias Hartveit

Mattias Hartveit

6' 4"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Masaru Fujimaki

Masaru Fujimaki

5' 9"
Sophomore
Sam Leeman

Sam Leeman

6' 2"
Senior
Aaron Mevorach

Aaron Mevorach

5' 10"
Junior
Andrew Nunno

Andrew Nunno

6' 0"
Junior
Jun Yuminaga

Jun Yuminaga

5' 10"
Junior
Tanmay Thakkar

Tanmay Thakkar

5' 9"
First Year
Mattias Hartveit

Mattias Hartveit

6' 4"
First Year