Thu, 05/17 | Men's Tennis vs. Grand Canyon L, 5-4 (Final) BX | RC
Mon, 04/30 | Men's Tennis at Merrimack W, 5-0 (Final) BX | RC
Sun, 04/22 | Men's Tennis vs. Philadelphia U. W, 5-1 (Final) BX | RC
Sat, 04/21 | Men's Tennis vs. USciences W, 5-0 (Final) BX | RC
Sat, 04/14 | Men's Tennis at Francis Marion W, 6-3 (Final) BX | RC

February 26, 2008

Concordia Dominates ECC S & D Tournament

2/26/2008

Concordia Dominates ECC S & D Tournament

Flushing, NY - The Concordia College men's tennis team swept through the competition at the East Coast Conference Singles and Doubles Tournament this past weekend at Queens College in Flushing, NY. The Clippers captured championships in all 6 singles flights and all 3 doubles flights.

2008 ECC Singles & Doubles Tournament Flight Championships

# 1 Singles Alex Gubin (CC) def. Jose Gomez (DC)    6-1,6-0
# 2 Singles Pep Molet (CC) def. Zeki Tukel (MC)    6-1,6-1
# 3 Singles  Rodrigo Teixeira (CC) def. Timon Prosper (MC) 6-1,6-0
# 4 Singles  Nik Boerger (CC) def. Yusufcan Koksal (MC)   6-3,7-5
# 5 Singles Kirill Azovtsev (CC) def. Sebastian Nieves (AU)    6-3,6-2
# 6 Singles Henning Ruenz (CC) def. Ariel Nassim (QC)    6-0,6-2

# 1 Doubles Grubin/Teixeira (CC) def. Prosper/Tukel (MC) 8-0
# 2 Doubles Azovtsev/Boerger (CC) def. Koksal/Mehdi Rhuzali (MC) 8-5
# 3 Doubles Vlad Malkin/Vito Galatioto (CC) def Joseph Carbone/Nicolas Sanchez (AU) Default

The Clippers enter the spring semester as the top ranked team in the East Region and the 14th ranked team in the Nation, according to the latest poll released on November 12, 2007 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Grubin is the #1 ranked men's tennis player in Division II, fresh off of his victory in the ITA Small College National Singles Tournament last October in Mobile, AL. Molet also ranks among the nation's elite Division II men's tennis players. The junior is currently ranked 47th in the country and 3rd in the East Region. Teixeira, Azovtsev and Ruenz are ranked 4th, 6th and 11th in the East Region, respectively.

The Clippers will return to action on Tuesday, March 4th, as they travel to Winter Park, FL and take on the Tars of Rollins College. The Tars are currently ranked 10th in the latest ITA poll. First serve will begin at 2:00 PM.