Sparkill, N.Y. - Lately, the mindset of the St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Tennis team reads much like the user instructions on a shampoo bottle; Lather, Rinse, Repeat. However, for the maroon and gold its Dominate, Win, Repeat, and they did just that on Tuesday afternoon by rattling off their ninth straight win via a 5-2 decision over New York University at the Riley Family Tennis Courts.
STAC improves to 15-3 on the year, while NYU falls to 9-2.
Doubles
STAC took the early momentum by winning all three doubles matches to claim the team point. The first result came at No. 3 doubles, where Ondrej Sramek & Erik Victor Tauson beat Louis Frowein & Boris Slesarev, 6-3. The Spartans followed with another win at No. 2 doubles, as Henry Ronnberg & Theo Renoux downed Jeh-Lei Fan & Shido Ito, 6-4. The final doubles match to finish came at No. 1, where Don Vinz Lominoque & Nagamitsu Kuroda bested Bryan Hui & Niklas von Hellens, 6-3.
Singles
Singles play saw the maroon and gold take four of six bouts to clinch the match. No. 2 Theo Renoux won his contest against Bryan Hui 6-1, 6-4, followed by No. 4 Henry Ronnberg besting Shido Ito 6-0, 7-5 to put NYU on the ropes at 3-0. However, the Violets fought their way back with wins at No. 1 and No. 3, as Niklas von Hellens beat Don Vinz Lominoque 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 and Louis Frowein downed Ondrej Sramek 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (1) to pull within 3-2. Finally, No. 5 Nagamitsu Kuroda took care of business in his contest with Jeh-Lei Fan 6-1, 6-3 to secure the victory for the squad and No. 6 Nathan Yacar dispatched Cooper Kline 6-2, 6-1 to end the day's events.
STAC 5/NYU 2 - OFFICIAL RESULTS
Order of Finish: 3, 2*, 1
SINGLES
Order of Finish: 2, 4, 1, 3, 5*, 6
THE ROCKHILL REPORT
More to come from Head Coach Dan Rockhill on Monday's Senior Day victory against the Maccabees.
UP NEXT
STAC gets back to ECC play on Friday, April 17 against Queens College. First serve is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at the QC Tennis Bubble.