Eighth-Seeded Men's Tennis Defeats #9 Dayton, 4-3, in Opening Round of Atlantic 10 Championship
April 4, 2008
Men's Tennis Championship Bracket
PITTSBURGH - The Rhode Island men's tennis team rallied past Dayton, 4-3, in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Men's Tennis Championship, this morning at Club 4 Life in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rhody opened by dropping the doubles point as Jared Dorfman and Jeff Cote were defeated, 8-3, at No. 1 and Adam Gart and James McGuire fell at No. 2 by a score of 8-5.
The Rams turned things around in singles play, taking 4-of-6 matches for the overall victory. Cote, Henrik Almstrom, Gart and Andrew Costin locked up the win with straight-set victories at the second thru fifth positions, respectively.
With the win, URI advances to take on No. 1 George Washington, this afternoon at 2 p.m.
SINGLES
1. Rohana (UD) def. Dorfman; 7-5, 6-3
2. Cote (URI) def. O'Connell; 7-5, 7-6 (4)
3. Almstrom (URI) def. Sherman; 6-3, 6-1
4. Gart (URI) def. Koscielski; 6-1, 6-1
5. Costin (URI) def. Peyton; 6-2, 6-3
6. Warnock (UD) def. Nelson; 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES
1. O'Connell/Sherman (UD) def. Dorfman/Cote; 8-3
2. Rodreguez/Peyton (UD) def. Gart/McGuire; 8-5
3. Simmons/Hill (URI) vs. Rohana/Koscielski; 6-6 (DNF)
