Stony Brook and UMBC on the women's side and Binghamton men advance during the opening round of the America East Conference Tennis Championships on Friday afternoon at the Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven, Conn.

On the women's side, No 4 Stony Brook captured a 4-1 win over No. 5 Albany in the first action of the day. In the second match of the day, third-seeded UMBC earned a convincing 4-0 win over No. 6 Hartford.

On the men's side, fourth-seeded Binghamton earned a 4-0 win over No. 5 Hartford.

Click on the scores link below for full match details.

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.

America East Men’s Tennis Championship
April 27-29, Connecticut Tennis Center, New Haven, Conn.

Friday, April 27
Match 1 -- #4 Binghamton 4, vs. #5 Hartford 0 Scores

Saturday, April 28
Match 2 -- #4 Binghamton vs. #1 UMBC, 10 a.m.
Match 3 -- #2 Boston U. vs. #3 Stony Brook, 10 a.m.
Match 4 -- Loser of Match 2 vs. Loser Match 3, 3 p.m.

Sunday, April 29
Match 5 -- Winner of Match 2 vs. Winner of Match 3 (Championship), 11 a.m.*

America East Women’s Tennis Championship
April 27-29, Connecticut Tennis Center, New Haven, Conn.

Friday, April 27
Match 1 -- #4 Stony Brook 4 def. #5 Albany 1 Scores
Match 2 -- #3 UMBC 4 def. #6 Hartford 0 Scores

Saturday, April 28
Match 3 -- #5 Albany vs. #6 Hartford, 1 p.m.
Match 4 -- #4 Stony Brook vs. #1 Boston U., 1 p.m.
Match 5 -- #3 UMBC vs. #2 Binghamton, 1 p.m.

Sunday, April 29
Match 6 -- Winner of Match 4 vs. Winner of Match 5 (Championship), 11 a.m.*

*Championship match times are subject to change by the games committee if there is a team that has a dual coach.
**In the event of inclement weather, match times will be adjusted as needed.
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