By Brandon Farren
Staff Writer
The Susquehanna men’s tennis team continued their undefeated fall season in Reading, Pa. with a dominant 9–0 win over Alvernia University on their home court.
The team has been riding high this season with an unblemished record of 4–0. With only two matches left in their fall season, they looked to keep that excellence going against a struggling Alvernia squad. Alvernia entered the match with a 0–3 record on the season.
The team managed a clean sweep of the day’s events, winning all singles and doubles matches.
Seniors Alexander Dove, Ben Ornstein and Nicholas Meale highlighted a dominant singles effort for the team. Dove won two closely contested games by scores of 6–3 and 7–5 to clinch victory over his opponent. Ornstein cruised to his match victory with scores of 6–0 and 6–1. And Meale, final member of their triumvirate recorded a win with scores of 6–1 and 6–1.
Freshman Emil Vyskocil notched a win of his own with a shut out of his opponent in two victories of 6–0. Senior Ryan Seibert and freshman Ethan Cooley rounded out the clean sweep of singles competition.
In doubles action, Dove and senior Alex Cocolas took their match with a score of 8–2. The duo of Ornstein and Seibert also delivered the goods with a score of 8–1 in their doubles match.
Meale and Vyskocil also earned a victory of their own to complete a commanding performance by the River Hawks on the day.
Regardless of record, it is incredibly difficult to hold any team, especially at the collegiate level to zero victories throughout an entire event.
The River Hawks will head on the road to face Penn State-Harrisburg on Oct. 6. This is the final obstacle between the River Hawks and a perfect fall season.
The Penn State-Harrisburg team will enter the matchup with Susquehanna after victories in their last two matches against Elizabethtown and Alvernia.
“The Penn State-Harrisburg match is the biggest match we have this fall, they are the best competition that we will have all fall.” Seibert said. “It will be a really close match and will give us a better indication where we stand going into the spring.”
