Stony Brook, Binghamton Advance to America East Men's Tennis Championship - AmericaEast.com

Stony Brook University and Binghamton will play for the America East Conference Men’s Tennis Championship on Sunday at 9 a.m. at the Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven, Conn.

Complete Day Two Results

In today’s semifinal action, Stony Brook defeated Boston U. 4-0, while Binghamton defeated UMBC 4-1. Stony Brook was led by Nihal Advani and Dave Kortum who both had wins in their singles and doubles matches. Advani paired with Jean Francois Robitaille, while Kortum played with Youssef Fassi-Fehri. Binghamton was led by Richemn Mourad and Mark Piro, who also earned singles and doubles victories.

The America East Tennis Championship utilizes a format of three doubles matches and six singles matches. Doubles matches are played first using eight-game pro sets with a 12-point tie-break at eight games all. The team winning two or more of the doubles matches receives one point in the team scoring. The doubles matches are followed by the singles matches using a best two-of-three sets format. Each singles match is worth one point. A minimum of four points is required to win the team match.