ALFRED, N.Y. – The Alfred University men's tennis team won its second consecutive match Friday afternoon, defeating Oswego State by an 8-1 score, in non-conference tennis action from the William T. Brown Tennis Courts.
Alfred improves to 2-5 with the victory, while Oswego falls to 0-2.
The Saxons swept doubles for the second consecutive game. At No. 1, the team of senior
Ryan Brown (Olean, NY/Olean) and first year
Isaac Little (Alfred, NY/Alfred-Almond) defeated Oswego's Danny Maslowski and Anthony Salerno by an 8-6 score. The Saxons took the match at third doubles due to a forfeit, so all eyes were on seniors
Logan Cross (Olean, NY/Olean) and
Adam Shearer (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) at No. 2. They would complete the sweep with an 8-6 win over Robert Salerno and Raymond Paull.
In singles, the Saxons took No. 6 by forfeit to earn their fourth team point. Brown clinched the match for AU with a solid performance at the top spot, defeating Maslowski in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. Sophomore
Wes Dennison (Almond, NY/Alfred-Almond) won his third singles match in his last four tries with an impressive 6-0, 6-0 victory over Luis Liriano at No. 5.
Three singles matches went the distance, with the Saxons winning two of three. At No. 2, Little took the first set vs. Anthony Salerno, but dropped a contested third set to set up a super tie-breaking third set. Little prevailed by a narrow margin, picking up a 6-4, 5-7, 10-8 triumph. At No. 4, Shearer dropped the first set, but prevailed in the second to tie the match at one. Shearer dropped a tough third set, as Paull prevailed by a 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 margin. At third singles, Cohen dropped the first set to Robert Salerno, but rallied, grinding out wins in both the second and third sets, taking the match by a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 score.
"Our guys showed a lot of fight today against SUNY Oswego," said head coach
Jordan Crouch. "We started a little bit flat in most of our matches but managed to battle back and win some really tight matches from top to bottom. We have lots of stuff to work on in practice tomorrow to get ready for Nazareth on Sunday!"
The Saxons will take on Nazareth for the second time this season, as the team hits the backstretch of the Empire 8 schedule. The Sunday match is scheduled for 1 p.m.
