Suffolk Downs Wildcats 5-1 in GNAC Semifinals
Men's Tennis advances to GNAC Championship looking to take their fifth championship in six seasons
The Suffolk University Men's Tennis team took on the Johnson and Wales Wildcats in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) semifinals play on Thursday afternoon. The Rams took the 5-1 victory to advance to the championship match on Saturday.
The Rams had a 2-1 mark in doubles action.
Sophomore Calixto Romero and junior Mark Winkler (Caracas, Venezuela) started Suffolk off with their 8-3 doubles win in the first position. Senior Vassilli Stroganov (Heorsholm, Germany) and freshman Francesco Saia (Wakefield, Mass.) picked up the win 8-2 in the third doubles game on the afternoon.
Suffolk swept in singles action taking all three matches.
Winkler took the number two singles spot sweeping both games 6-3. Drew Reilly (Boston, Mass.) was the winner in the third singles contest taking the first set 6-2 and the second set 6-1. Aaron Lau (Hong Kong, China) rounded out the field with a victory by shutting out his opponent in both sets for a 6-0 score in the fourth singles game to get the Rams their 5-1 victory over the Wildcats.
The Rams will play Saturday at 6:00pm against Ramapo College as they look for their fifth GNAC Championship in six seasons.