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Men's Tennis

Saints Win B Singles, A Doubles Flights at Dutchmen Invitational

Eric Tecce won his second B flight singles championship of the fall season while Nico Haet and Leo Romanetz also combined to win the A flight doubles championship for the St. Lawrence men's tennis team at the Dutchmen Invitational in Schenectady, New York on Sunday afternoon.

In addition, Spencer Whitmire finished as the C flight singles runner-up, as well as the B flight doubles runner-up with partner Andrew Mercorella.

The Saints' Romanetz and Jordan Mamelak also finished fourth in the A and B singles flights, respectively.

Tecce won a pair of close matches against Hamilton's Tim Derby, 7-5, 7-5, to clinch the B Flight championship after beating Hamilton's Tim Derby and Union's Del Schunk in Saturday's matches.

Whitmire, who also started 2-0 on Saturday to advance to the C flight championship, fell to the Continentals' Joe Reiner 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday.

In A doubles, Haet and Romanetz started the day with an 8-2 win over one Hamilton College pairing in the semifinals, before downing another pair of Continentals in Danny Tsyvin and Max Zimmerman, 8-3, to win the flight championship.

For Mercorella and Whitmire in the B doubles bracket, the Saints started the day with an 8-2 win against Hamilton's Matt May and Tim Derby, but eventually fell to Union's Giannos Binopoulos and Max McGeown in the final.

St. Lawrence Results (Day 2) –
A Singles –

3rd-Place Match: Giannos Binopoulos (Union) def. Leo Romanetz – 8-0
5th-Place Match: Rob Dotterer (Hamilton) def. Nico Haet – 8-7 (5)

B Singles –
Championship Match: Eric Tecce def. Tim Derby (Hamilton) – 7-5, 7-5
3rd-Place Match: Danny Tsyvin (Hamilton) def. Jordan Mamelak – 8-6

C Singles –
Championship Match: Joe Reiner (Hamilton) def. Spencer Whitmire – 6-4, 6-2
5th-Place Match: Nick Weitzman (Union) def. Arman Tavana – 4-1, retired

A Doubles –
Haet/Romanetz def. Dotterer/Gibbons (Hamilton) – 8-2
Championship Match: Haet/Romanetz def. Tsyvin/Zimmerman (Hamilton) – 8-3
Backdraw: Josuha Marvald/Tecce def. Reinhold/Smith (Oneonta) – 8-2
5th-Place Match: Marvald/Tecce def. Ammirati/Fox (Oneonta) – 8-4

B Doubles –
Mercorella/Whitmire def. Derby/May (Hamilton) – 8-2
Championship Match: Binopoulos/McGeown (Union) def. Mercorella/Whitmire – 8-5
Backdraw: Mamelak/Tavana def. Clayton/Reiley (Oneonta) – 8-1
5th-Place Match: Andre/Schunk (Union) def. Mamelak/Tavana – 8-6

Exhibition Matches –
Doubles –

Freddy Purpora/Cameron Pankau def. Anthony Gray/Lucas Harland (Oneonta) – 8-2
Purpora/Pankau def. Matt Haas/Kavoi Mutisya (Hamilton) – 8-5

Singles –
Ben Westcott (Hamilton) def. Pankau – 8-7 (1)
Mercorella def. Nick Fox (Oneonta) – 8-5
Purpora def. Jack Andre (Union) – 8-1
Pankau def. Ben Cohen (Oneonta) – 8-3

Up Next –
The Saints will wrap up the fall season in two weeks at the ITA Northeast Regional Tournament at Hobart starting on September 28 in Geneva, New York.
 
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Players Mentioned

Eric Tecce

Eric Tecce

5' 9"
Sophomore
Spencer Whitmire

Spencer Whitmire

5' 10"
Junior
Jordan Mamelak

Jordan Mamelak

6' 2"
First-Year
Leo  Romanetz

Leo Romanetz

5' 10"
First-Year
Andrew Mercorella

Andrew Mercorella

5' 8"
First-Year
Arman Tavana

Arman Tavana

6' 0"
First-Year
Nico Haet

Nico Haet

5' 9"
First-Year
Cameron Pankau

Cameron Pankau

5' 11"
First-Year

Players Mentioned

Eric Tecce

Eric Tecce

5' 9"
Sophomore
Spencer Whitmire

Spencer Whitmire

5' 10"
Junior
Jordan Mamelak

Jordan Mamelak

6' 2"
First-Year
Leo  Romanetz

Leo Romanetz

5' 10"
First-Year
Andrew Mercorella

Andrew Mercorella

5' 8"
First-Year
Arman Tavana

Arman Tavana

6' 0"
First-Year
Nico Haet

Nico Haet

5' 9"
First-Year
Cameron Pankau

Cameron Pankau

5' 11"
First-Year