April 11, 2006

NEW PALTZ, N.Y.-The Marist men's tennis squad defeated Fairfield by a score of 7-0 Tuesday afternoon at SUNY New Paltz to run its record to 9-5 overall and 6-1 in league play. Fairfield dropped to 11-7 overall and 5-1 in the MAAC.

The Red Foxes swept all matches played in straight sets with the lone exception coming in Yannick Sollberger's three-set win over Fairfield's Glen Gannon at No. 6.

The men will now turn their attention to a 2 p.m. match Thursday against Hartford.

Singles

1. Pedro Genovese (M) d. Jonathan Fernando (F) 6-4, 6-3

2. Leonardo Rodriguez (M) d. Stephen Kouri (F) 6-2, 6-4

3. Ray Josephs (M) d. Michael Palumbo (F) 6-1, 6-3

4. Gregory Marks (M) d. Zachary Morrison (F) 6-4, 6-1

5. Federico Rolon (M) d. Balazs Szikla (F) 6-1, 6-2

6. Yannick Sollberger's (M) d. Glen Gannon (F) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

Doubles

1. Genovese/Rodriguez (M) d. Fernando/Gannon (F) 8-5

2. Josephs/Marks (M) d. Kouri/Palumbo (F) 8-0

3. Rolon/Santucci (M) d. Morrison/Szikla (F) 8-4