Purchase, NY
(Mar. 29, 2017) – The Purchase College men's tennis team picked up their first conference win of the season this afternoon, defeating Farmingdale State, 7-2. The Panthers improve to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in the Skyline with the win, while the Rams drop to 2-3 overall and 0-1 in the league.
Beginning with doubles play, the Panthers would take a 2-1 lead, as the tandem of
Riley Damerell (SR/Rochester, NY) and
Joseph Troop (SR/Yonkers, NY) defeated Zachary Baker and Dylan Murarka, 9-7, at the No. 1 seed. Second doubles duo
Danny De La Cruz (SR/Bronx, NY) and rookie
Isaac Jones (FR/Ossining, NY) battled to an 8-6 victory over Bradley Maslak and Patrick Madigan, while newcomers
James Ham (FR/Rye, NY) and
Austin Schmitt (FR/Rochester, NY) picked up the only Purchase loss in doubles action, 8-6, at the No. 3 spot.
Using the momentum from its doubles play, Purchase would edge out five hard-fought wins of the six flights.
Baker notched the only singles win for Farmingdale with a 7-5, 3-6, 14-12 victory over Damerell at the No. 1 spot.
Purchase is back at home again on Saturday with a Skyline Conference match against St. Joseph's College (LI) starting at 1 p.m.
| Singles competition |
| 1. Baker, Zachary (FSCM) def. Damerell, Riley (PUR-MTN) 7-5, 3-6, 14-12 |
| 2. Troop, Joseph (PUR-MTN) def. Murarka, Dylan (FSCM) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 3. Jones, Isaac (PUR-MTN) def. Maslak, Bradley (FSCM) 6-1, 6-4 |
| 4. De La Cruz, Danny (PUR-MTN) def. Kaplan, Josh (FSCM) 6-2, 6-4 |
| 5. Ham, James (PUR-MTN) def. Madigan, Patrick (FSCM) 6-2, 6-1 |
| 6. Stuart, Finbar (PUR-MTN) def. Roth, James (FSCM) 6-1, 6-0 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Damerell, Riley/Troop, Joseph (PUR-MTN) def. Baker, Zachary/Murarka, Dylan (FSCM) 9-7 |
| 2. De La Cruz, Danny/Jones, Isaac (PUR-MTN) def. Maslak, Bradley/Madigan, Patrick (FSCM) 8-6 |
| 3. Kaplan, Josh/McCall, Elijah (FSCM) def. Ham, James/Schmitt, Noah (PUR-MTN) 8-6 |
| Match Notes |
| Farmingdale State 2-3, 0-1 SKY |
| Purchase College 3-1, 1-1 SKY |
| (PC) F. Stuart & B. Doherty DEF. (FSU) S. Dasaro & J. Napoli, 8-1 |
| (PC) B. Doherty DEF. (FSU) H. Reyes, 8-2, 7-7 |
| Official: Edward Wechsler T-3 hrs A-28 |
