March 24, 2010
Complete Results
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Marist men's tennis team had five double winners on at Saint Peter's in a 6-1 win on Wednesday. The Red Foxes picked up wins at each of the top five singles spots in the lineup and moved to 2-0 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) play during the 2009-10 season and 4-5 overall on the year.
Marist swept the doubles point as the wins got progressively closer as the pairings went down. At first doubles, senior Christian Coley (Glastonbury, Conn.) and sophomore Nicolas Pisecky (Lausanne, Switzerland) at second doubles. The Swiss pair defeated JJ Gramatica and Robert Forai 8-5. The third doubles team was comprised of senior Michael Land (Kingwood, Texas) and junior Rhys Hobbs (Sydney, Australia) squeezed by Andrew Musyoka and Luccas Coutinho 8-7 (8-6).
In singles, four of the top five players won in straight sets over the opposing Peacocks. Coley defeated Sergey Igel 7-5, 6-2 at first singles. Sessagesimi coasted by Alex Frakes 6-0, 6-3 at second singles. Himmelsbach surrendered just five games to Gramatica in a 6-2, 6-3 victory. At fifth singles Hobbs won in 19 total games, 6-4, 6-3 over Musyoka.
At third singles, Pisecky won a three-set match, the only one of the day, against Forai. The final score was 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Hobbs has won his last four singles matches, while Himmelsbach has won his last two.
The Red Foxes will return to action on Thursday, March 25 at Rider. First serves in the MAAC match are scheduled for 2 p.m. in Lawrenceville, N.J. Following the match at Rider, Marist will host its first home match on Sunday, March 28 at noon against St. John's of the BIG EAST.
