Feb. 19, 2011

Complete Results

WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Marist men's tennis team used five singles victories to defeat Air Force 6-1 on Saturday at the Litchenberg Tennis Center at Army. Four of the singles victories came in straight sets. Junior Matt Himmelsbach (Longmeadow, Mass.) won a three-set match over Alex Grubbs, 3-6, 6-4, 10-4.

Himmelsbach joined seniors Nicolas Pisecky (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Landon Greene (Palos Verdes, Calif.) as double winners on the day. Pisecky and Greene teamed up at third doubles to defeat Lucas Marin-Salcedo and Danny Gies 8-2. Pisecky won his third singles match over Marin-Salcedo, while Greene bested Taylor Soster at fifth singles. Both players won 6-0, 6-3.

Freshmen Lorenzo Rossi (Lugano, Switzerland) and Will Reznek (Toronto, Canada) rounded out the singles wins at the second and sixth spots in the lineup respectively. Rossi defeated Andy Jackson 6-3, 6-1, while Reznek coasted past Steven Young 6-1, 6-1.

Marist won the doubles points behind second and third doubles wins. Sophomore Joris Van Eck (Ospel, Netherlands) and Himmelsbach squeaked by Grubbs and Soster 9-7. Pisecky and Greene used an 8-2 win over Marin-Salcedo and Gies at third doubles.

Marist will play three matches at Yale on Feb. 26-27. The Red Foxes will take on Fairleigh Dickinson, Stony Brook and the host Bulldogs at the event.