April 19, 2010

Complete Results

WEST HARTFORD, CONN. - Winners of its last eight dual matches, the Marist men's tennis team picked up its fourth consecutive shutout victory as it posted a 7-0 win over Hartford on Monday afternoon at the Hartford Tennis Courts. With the win, the Red Foxes improved to 11-5 overall this season and 5-3 in road matches. All six Red Foxes won two matches on the day.

The Red Foxes won all six singles matches in straight sets. Four of the six players held their opponents at love in one of the two sets. Juniors Landon Greene (Palos Verdes, Calif.) and Marcus von Nordheim (Munich, Germany) won at third and fourth singles respectively. Greene defeated Marco Neves 6-2, 6-0, while von Nordheim notched an identical 6-2, 6-0 win over Eric Floum.

At fifth singles, senior Michael Land (Kingwood, Texas) bested Edgardo Ureta 6-0, 6-1, while sophomore Ian Sims (Stow, Ohio) remained unbeaten in dual matches. He won at sixth singles and defeated Aaron Kooden, 6-0, 6-4. Sims is now 4-0 in dual matches in his first season with the Red Foxes.

Senior Christian Coley (Glastonbury, Conn.) and junior Nicolas Pisecky (Lausanne, Switzerland) rounded out the singles victories for Marist. Coley took the first singles point from Aneil Bhalla, 6-2, 6-4. Pisecky notched a second singles win over Josh Isaacson 6-4, 6-2.

Marist also won all three doubles matches to complete the match. Coley and Greene paired up to defeat Bhalla and Neves, 8-4 at first doubles. The second doubles team was comprised of Pisecky and von Nordheim. They beat Isaacson and Floum 8-2. Land and Sims notched a third doubles win over Kooden and Miletic, 7-6 (7-3).

The Red Foxes will return to the East Campus Tennis Pavilion on Wednesday, April 21 at 3 p.m. Marist will host Army in its final regular season match. With a win, Marist will equal its win total from a season ago with 12.