Boston U. Women, Binghamton Men Take Home Tennis Titles

Boston U. Women, Binghamton Men Take Home Tennis Titles

NEW HAVEN, Conn.. - The Boston University women's tennis team and the Binghamton men's tennis squad won America East Tennis Championships on Sunday at the Yale Tennis Center. The Terriers and Bearcats earn automatic bids to the NCAA Tennis Championships and will learn its draw on Tuesday between 2 and 2:30 p.m.

On the women's side, Boston U., the top seed, downed third-seeded Binghamton, 4-2, to claim its 15th straight America East title. Francine Whu won her match at top singles in straight sets and was named the championship's Most Outstanding Player.

The Terriers also claimed wins at second, fourth, fifth and sixth singles. Binghamton's Yulia Smirnova grabbed her team's lone singles points. The Bearcats claimed the doubles point by winning two of three matches. Anna Edelman and Lauren Bates won their match at the top position, 9-8, while Smirnova and Danyelle Shapiro won at third doubles by the same score.

On the men's side, Binghamton edged second-seeded UMBC, the defending champion, 4-3, to win its fourth conference crown in six years. Arnev Jain won the decisive match at fifth singles in three sets to earn Most Outstanding Player honors.

Sven Vloengraven and Sebastian Dietz also won singles matches for the Bearcats, at the second and fourth position, respectively. Chris Meyer, Irfan Shamasidin and Fernando Ferreria earned points for the Retrievers by winning singles matches. Binghamton took the top two doubles matches, while the third was not completed.

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.

Sunday, April 27
Championship Match: #1 Boston University 4, #3 Binghamton 2
Singles
1. Francine Whu (Boston U.) d. Anna Edelman (Binghamton) 7-5, 6-3
2. Vanessa Steiner (Boston U.) d. Lauren Bates (Binghamton) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
3. Yulia Smirnova (Binghamton) d. Yana Sadovskaya (Boston U.) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Cori Leftkowith (Boston U.) d. Danyelle Shapiro (Binghamton) 6-0, 6-0
5. Cureo (Boston U.) led Erica Rosenblum (Binghamton) 7-6, 4-6, 4-1 (DNF)
6. Danielle Abraham (Boston U.) d. Gayathri Balasundar (Binghamton) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
1. Edelman/Bates d. Whu/Steiner 9-8
2. Abraham/Lefkowith d. Mungo/Mannix 8-4
3. Shapiro/Smirnova d. Sadovskaya/Cureo 9-8

Most Outstanding Player: Francine Whu, Boston U.

Sunday, April 27
Championship Match #1 Binghamton, 4, #2 UMBC 3
Singles
1. Chris Meyer (UMBC) d. Faisal Mohammed (Binghamton) 7-6, 2-6, 7-5
2. Sven Vloengraven (Binghamton) d. Nick Savage-Pollack (UMBC) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
3. Irfan Shamasidin (UMBC) d. Moshe Levy (Binghamton) 6-4, 6-3
4. Sebastian Dietz (Binghamton) d. David Jackson (UMBC) 6-3, 6-3
5. Arnev Jain (Binghamton) d. Fredi Voorman (UMBC) 4-6, 7-6. 7-5
6. Fernando Ferreria (UMBC) d. Alex Dobrin (Binghamton) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
1. Mohammed/Burner d. Jackson/Shamsdin 8-3
2. Dietz/Vloengraven vs Pollack/Ferreria 8-3
3. Jain/Levy led Meyer/Voorman 7-5

Most Outstanding Player: Arnev Jain, Binghamton



America East Men’s Tennis Championship
April 25-27, Yale Tennis Center-- New Haven, Conn.

Friday, April 25
Match 1 - Opening Round - #4 Boston University 4, #5 Hartford 0
Singles
1. Giulio Galloratti (Boston University) led William White (Hartford) 6-0, 2-1 (DNF)
2. Jeff Chudacoff (Boston University) d. Filip Miletic (Hartford) 6-0, 6-0
3. Charles Weinstein (Boston University) led Tim Glickman (Hartford) 6-1, 2-0 (DNF)
4. Miron Nissim (Boston University) d. Aaron Kooden (Hartford) 6-0, 6-0
5. Hans Sapra (Boston University) led Emmett Drake (Hartford) 6-1, 3-0 (DNF)
6. Tim Sichler (Boston University) d. Mark Goldfinger (Hartford) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
1. Chudacoff/Weinstein d. White/Glickman 8-2
2. Galloratti/Phil Demeo d. Kooden/Drake 8-1
3. Nissim/Daniel Frid d. Miletic/Goldfinger 8-1

Saturday, April 26
Match 2 -- Semifinals #1 Binghamton 4, #4 Boston University 0
Singles
1. Faisal Mohamed (Binghamton) d. Giulio Galloratti (Boston University) 6-2, 6-0
2. Sven Vloengraven (Binghamton) led Jeff Chudacoff (Boston University) 6-3, 5-1
3. Sebastian Dietz (Binghamton) led Charles Weinstein (Boston University) 6-0, 4-6, 1-0
4. Gregoire Berner (Binghamton) d. Miron Nissim (Boston University) 6-1, 6-2
5. Alex Dobrin (Binghamton) d. Hans Sapra (Boston University) 6-3, 6-1
6. Jon Bonnet (Binghamton) led Phil Demeo (Boston University) 6-2, 2-4

Doubles
1. Mohammad/Berner d. Chudacoff/Weinstein 8-3
2. Dietz/Vloengraven d. Galloratti/Demeo 8-0
3. Arnav Jain/Moshe Levy (Binghamton) d. Nissim/Daniel Frid 8-1

Match 3 -- Semifinals #2 UMBC 4, #3 Stony Brook 3
Singles
1. Artem Baradach (Stony Brook) d. Chris Meyer (UMBC) 0-6, 6-2, 6-4
2. Ivan Rummel (Stony Brook) d. Nick Savage-Pollack (UMBC) 6-4, 6-1
3. Ilan Shvartz (Stony Brook) d. Irfan Shamasdin (UMBC) 7-5, 6-2
4. David Jackson (UMBC) d. Youssef Fassi-Fehri (Stony Brook) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
5. Fredi Voorman (UMBC) d. Jon Epstein (Stony Brook) 6-2, 6-3
6. Fernando Ferreira (UMBC) d. Alex Markovic (Stony Brook) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
1. Baradach/Markovic d. Shamasdin/Jackson 8-4
2. Savage-Pollack/Ferriera d. Shvartz/Fassie-Fehri 8-4
3. Meyer/Voorman d. Rummel/Epstein 8-3

Match 4 -- Consolation #3 Stony Brook 4, #4 Boston University 1
Singles
1. Artem Baradach (Boston U.) d. Guilio Galloratti (Boston U.) 6-2, 6-1
2. Jeff Chudacoff (Boston U.) d. Ivan Rummel (Stony Brook) 2-3 (default)
3. Ilan Shvartz (Stony Brook) d. Miron Nissim (Boston U.) 6-0, 6-1
4. Youssef Fassi-Fehri (Stony Brook) d. Tim Sichler (Boston U.) 6-4, 6-1
5. Patrick Baldoch (Stony Brook) led Phil Demeo (Boston U.) 6-2, 3-1 (DNF)
6. Will (Stony Brook) led. Allen Daniel Frid (Boston U.) 6-3, 4-2 (DNF)
Doubles
1. Fassi-Fehri/Shvartz vs. Chudacoff/Weinstein 7-7 DNF
2. Rummel/Epstein d. Galloratti/Demeo 8-4
3. Baldoch/Allen d. Sichler/Frid 8-5

Sunday, April 27
Match 5 -- Championship #1 Binghamton, 4, #2 UMBC 3
Singles
1. Chris Meyer (UMBC) d. Faisal Mohammed (Binghamton) 7-6, 2-6, 7-5
2. Sven Vloengraven (Binghamton) d. Nick Savage-Pollack (UMBC) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
3. Irfan Shamasidin (UMBC) d. Moshe Levy (Binghamton) 6-4, 6-3
4. Sebastian Dietz (Binghamton) d. David Jackson (UMBC) 6-3, 6-3
5. Arnev Jain (Binghamton) d. Fredi Voorman (UMBC) 4-6, 7-6. 7-5
6. Fernando Ferreria (UMBC) d. Alex Dobrin (Binghamton) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
1. Mohammed/Burner d. Jackson/Shamsdin 8-3
2. Dietz/Vloengraven vs Pollack/Ferreria 8-3
3. Jain/Levy led Meyer/Voorman 7-5

America East Women’s Tennis Championship
April 25-27, Yale Tennis Center-- New Haven, Conn.

Friday, April 25
Match 1 -- Opening Round #4 Stony Brook 4, #5 Albany 0
Singles
1. Aimee Kern (Albany) tied Paola Rodolfi (Stony Brook) 6-3, 4-6 (DNF)
2. Claudia Sanua (Stony Brook) d. Susan Ma (Albany) 6-1, 6-2
3. Kim Weltman (Albany) led Sandy Wijeratne (Stony Brook) 0-6, 6-2, 0-2 (DNF)
4. Fanny Charliquart (Stony Brook) led Charlotte Tatler 6-5, 5-5 (DNF)
5. Erica Federgreen (Stony Brook) d. Laine Mackey 6-4, 6-4
6. Victoria Vovsha (Stony Brook) d. Amanda Hall (Albany) 6-3, 7-5

Doubles
1. Sinua/Federgreen d. Kern/Ma 8-4
2. Rifaldi/Wijeratne d. Mackey/Hall 8-2
3. Weltman/Tatler d. Charliquart/Vovsha 8-4

Match 2 -- Opening Round #3 Binghamton 4, #6 Hartford 0
Singles
1. Anna Edelman (Binghamton) led Raquel Casino (Hartford) 6-1, 3-0 (DNF)
2. Lauren Bates (Binghamton) led Kasey Michels (Hartford) 6-0, 5-0 (DNF)
3. Yulia Smirnova (Binghamton) d. Nicole Haynal (Hartford) 6-0, 6-0
4. Danyelle Shapiro (Binghamton) d. Hali Dorfman (Hartford) 6-0, 6-0
5. Erica Rosenblum (Binghamton) d. Jessica Ruggles (Hartford) 6-0, 6-0
6. Gayathri Balasundar (Binghamton) led Michelle Tarfur (Hartford) 6-2, 4-0 (DNF)

Doubles
1. Edelman/Bates d. Casino/Michels 8-0
2. Rosenblum/Balasundar d. Haynal/Dorfman 8-0
3. Shapiro/Smirnova d. Ruggles/Tafur 8-0

Saturday, April 26
Match 3 -- Consolation No. 5 Albany 4, No. 6 Hartford 0
Singles
1. Aimee Kern (Albany) led Raquel Casino (Hartford) 6-0, 3-0 (DNF)
2. Susan Ma (Albany) led Kasey Michels (Hartford) 6-3, 2-1 (DNF)
3. Kim Weltman (Albany) d. Nicole Haynal (Hartford) 6-0, 6-0
4. Charlotte Tatler (Albany) d. Hali Dorfman (Hartford) 6-0, 6-0
5. Laine Mackey (Albany) vs Jessica Ruggles (Hartford) DNS
6. Amanda Hall (Albany) d. Michelle Tarfur (Hartford) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. Kern/Ma d. Casino/Michels 8-1
2. Mackey/Hall d. Haynal/Dorfman 8-1
3. Weltman/KTatler d. Ruggles/Tarfur 8-0

Match 4 -- Semifinals #1 Boston University 4, Stony Brook 0
Singles
1. Francine Whu (Boston U.) d. Paola Rodolfi (Stony Brook) 6-1, 6-0
2. Vanessa Steiner (Boston U.) d. Claudia Sanua (Stony Brook 6-1, 4-5 (DNF)
3. Sandy Wijeratne (Stony Brook) led Yana Sadovskaya (Boston U.) 0-6,2-4 (DNF)
4. Cori Lefkowith (Boston U.) d. Fanny Charliquart (Stony Brook) 6-2, 6-1
5. Elizabeth Corrao (Boston U.) led Erica Federgreen (Stony Brook) 7-6 (tiebreaker), 5-0 (DNF)
6. Danielle Abraham (Boston U.) d. Victoria Vovsha (Stony Brook) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
1. Whu/Steiner d. Sanua/Federgreen 8-2
2. Rodolfi/Wijeratne d.Abraham/Lefkowith 8-4
3. Sadoovskaya/Laura Stiekema d. Charlequart/Vosha 8-2

Match 5 -- Semifinals #3 Binghamton 4, #2 UMBC 3
Singles
1. Anna Edelman (Binghamton) d. Ana Mungo (UMBC) 6-1, retired
2. Lauren Bates (Binghamton) d. Alice Chen (UMBC) 6-3, 7-6 (6-4)
3. Yulia Smirnova (Binghamton) d. Pascaline Cette (UMBC) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
4. CorneliaCarapcea (UMBC) d. Danyelle Shapiro (Binghamton) 7-6, 7-5
5. Erica Rosenblum (Binghamton) d. Joy Adewumi (UMBC) 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
6. Emily Mannix (UMBC) d.Gayathri Balasundar (Binghamton) 7-5, 6-0

Doubles
1. Edelman/Bates d. Cette/Chen 8-4
2. Mungo/Mannix d. Rosenblaum/Balasundar 8-2
3 Adewumi/Carapcea d. Shapiro/Smirnova 8-7 (tiebreaker)

Sunday, April 27
Match 6 -- Championship #3 Binghamton vs. #1 Boston University, 1 p.m.
Singles
1. Francine Whu (Boston U.) d. Anna Edelman (Binghamton) 7-5, 6-3
2. Vanessa Steiner (Boston U.) d. Lauren Bates (Binghamton) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
3. Yulia Smirnova (Binghamton) d. Yana Sadovskaya (Boston U.) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Cori Leftkowith (Boston U.) d. Danyelle Shapiro (Binghamton) 6-0, 6-0
5. Cureo (Boston U.) led Erica Rosenblum (Binghamton) 7-6, 4-6, 4-1 (DNF)
6. Danielle Abraham (Boston U.) d. Gayathri Balasundar (Binghamton) 6-1, 6-0

1. Edelman/Bates d. Whu/Steiner 9-8
2. Abraham/Lefkowith d. Mungo/Mannix 8-4
3. Shapiro/Smirnova d. Sadovskaya/Cureo 9-8


DNF - Did not finish
DNS - Did not start
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