Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Farmingdale State 9, Purchase 0
Farmingdale State 9, Lehman 0

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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State College men's tennis team swept its pair of home matches on Saturday afternoon by identical 9-0 scores, defeating Purchase College in its Skyline Conference opener before knocking off Lehman College in non-conference play.

vs. Purchase

FSC opened its Skyline title defense by conceding just two games across its three doubles matches to move in front, 3-0. The top-flight pair of sophomore Ryan Hendel (No. Merrick, N.Y.) and junior Vansh Aggarwal (Mumbai, India) chalked up an 8-2 decision against the Panthers' (0-3, 0-1 Skyline) Eli Palagatshev and Steve Mains, before the Rams received 8-0 victories at the second flight by seniors Alan Sabovic (Bohemia, N.Y.) and Matthew Waterhouse (Massapequa Pk., N.Y.), and at the third slot by senior Muhammad Sawar (Brentwood, N.Y.) and freshman Ty Williams (Pt. Jefferson Station, N.Y.).

Sabovic bested Palagatshev by a 6-4, 6-2 margin in the top singles flight, before Hendel (6-1 and 6-1, vs. Mains) and Aggarwal (6-0 and 6-1, vs. Frederick Kaden) earned victories at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. Williams used a 7-4 edge in a second-set tiebreaker to defeat Oliver Culliton in straight sets, while Sawar and senior Matthew Olkhovetsky (Great Neck, N.Y.) carded 6-0, 6-0 decisions in the fifth and sixth flights, respectively.

vs. Lehman

Farmingdale State (5-0) did not concede any games across the three doubles matches against the Lightning (0-2), including the top-flight duo of Olkhovetsky and freshman Emil Sabovic (Bohemia, N.Y.), the No. 2 tandem of junior Vincent Manzi (Massapequa, N.Y.) and senior Ethan Cintron (Bayside, N.Y.), and the third-flight pairing of senior Edward Kemp (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) and freshman Luke Mun (Carle Place, N.Y.).

In flight order, Waterhouse, Emil Sabovic, Kemp, Manzi, Cintron and junior Matthew Murrell (Shirley, N.Y.) all swept their singles matches in straight sets, limiting Lehman to six combined games won.

Head coach Adam Waterhouse's Rams are back in Skyline action Monday night, when travel to Montclair, N.J., for a 7 p.m. first serve against Yeshiva University at the Brookdale Tennis Courts.