Rhode Island's Nelson Wins Flight Six Title at Northeast Intercollegiate Invitational

Sept. 16, 2007

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Rhode Island men's tennis team traveled to Providence, R.I. this weekend for the Northeast Intercollegiate Invitational, hosted by Brown University. Freshman AJ Nelson (Shreve, Ohio) led the Rams with a come-from-behind win in the finals of Flight 6 singles.

Rhode Island junior Jared Dorfman (Providence, R.I.) and sophomore Adam Gart (Bedford, Mass.) also advanced to the finals in Flight 3 and 4, respectively. Both finished runners-up as Dorfman was defeated by Brown's Kendrink Au and Gart fell to Bucknell's Jon Brenner.

Sophomores James McGuire (Pittsford, N.Y.) and Stephen Conroy (Westerly, R.I.) placed third in Flights 5 and 8 while junior Henrik Almstrom (Holliviken, Sweden) and freshman Nicholai Hill (Ottawa, Ont.) finished fifth in Flights 2 and 7, respectively.

In doubles action, the Rams were paced by sophomore Jeff Cote (Warwick, R.I.) and Dorfman's 2-1 showing in Flight 1. Almstrom and junior Dixon Simmons (Narragansett, R.I.) turned a 1-2 record in Flight 2 while Nelson and Hill were 1-1 in Flight 4. Rhody's final pair, Gart and McGuire, were 0-2 in Flight 3.

As a team, URI posted an overall singles record of 18-12 and was 4-6 in doubles.

The Rams return to action on Wednesday, September 19 when they travel to Storrs, Conn. for a 3:00 p.m. match against the UConn Huskies.

Singles Flight 1

Jeff Cote (0-3)

Gardner (Brown) def. Cote; 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3)

Reibesesen (Bucknell) def. Cote; 6-2

Nolan (Boston College) def. Cote

Singles Flight 2

Andrew Costin (1-2)

Rastorgoeuv (Boston College) def. Costin; 3-6, 6-4, 6-0

Costin def. Kraft (Lafayette)

Nogueras (College) def. Costin; 7-6 (2), 3-6, 10-7

Singles Flight 3

Jared Dorfman (3-1)

Dorfman def. Libert (Harvard); 6-0, 6-1

Dorfman def. Yassky (Colgate); 6-3, 6-0

Dorfman def. Greene (Marist); 6-3, 6-3

Au (Brown) def. Dorfman; 5-3, 6-7, 6-2

Singles Flight 4

Adam Gart (3-1)

Gart def. Chimerakis (Villanova);

Gart def. Marks (Marist); 7-5, 5-7, 10-7

Gart def. Silin (Niagara)

Girling (FDU) def. Gart; 6-2, 6-1

Singles Flight 5

James McGuire (2-1)

McGuire def. Garber (Boston College); 6-1, 6-4

McGuire def. Blanco (FDU); 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)

Marcus (Connecticut) def. McGuire; 7-5, 6-3

Dixon Simmons (0-2)

Cha (Hofstra) def. Simmons; 6-3, 6-2

Land (Marist) def. Simmons; 5-1, ret.

Singles Flight 6

AJ Nelson (4-0)

Nelson def. Eddins (FDU); 7-4, 6-4

Nelson def. Drosick (Villanova); 6-4, 6-3

Nelson def. Ribchinsky (Connecticut); 4-6, 6-3, 10-6

Nelson def. Malloy (Bucknell); 1-6. 6-1, 10-2

Singles Flight 7

Nicholai Hill (3-1)

Hill def. Reicheck (Brandeis); 6-0, 6-0

Nace (FDU) def. Hill; 6-2, 6-0

Hill def. Blair (Niagara); 6-2, 6-0

Hill def. Mueller (Boston College); 7-6 (14), 4-7, 10-7

Singles Flight 8

Stephen Conroy (2-1)

Conroy def. Dauppe (Niagara); 6-0, 6-3

Silkoff (Connecticut) def. Conroy; 6-1, 6-1

Doubles Flight 1

Cote/Dorfman (2-1)

Cote/Dorfman def. Coley/Green (Marist); 8-3

Kalfayan/Wu (Harvard) def. Cote/Dorfman

Cote/Dorfman def. Kraft/Murphyh (Lafayette)

Doubles Flight 2

Almstrom/Simmons (1-2)

Almstrom/Simmons def. Davidson/Garber (Boston College); 8-7 (1)

Radakovic/Stempniewicz (Hofstra) def. Almstrom/Simmons; 8-4

Reibeisen/Hascoe (Bucknell) def. Almstrom/Simmons

Doubles Flight 3

Gart/McGuire (0-2)

Seow/Blanco (FDU) def. Gart/McGuire; 8-3

Young/Malloy (Bucknell) def. Gart/McGuire; 8-3

Doubles Flight 4

Nelson/Hill (1-1)

Nelson/Hill def. Tobin/Maher (Villanova); 8-4