Farmingdale State 7, St. Joseph's-Long Island 0
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State College men's tennis team rolled to a 7-0 victory in Skyline Conference play Thursday afternoon at St. Joseph's-Long Island.
The Rams (10-7, 6-1 Skyline) did not concede any games in sweeping the three doubles matches from the Golden Eagles (3-10, 1-7) to take a 1-0 lead. Freshman
Henri Pothier (Montgomery, N.Y.) teamed up with junior Kwake Agyeman (Middletown, N.Y.) in top-flight play for FSC, with junior
Emil Sabovic (Bohemia, N.Y.) and freshman
Luke Plana (Bohemia, N.Y.) pairing up in the No. 2 slot. The visitors' doubles shutout wrapped up when the third-flight tandem of junior
Myles Freelin (Islip, N.Y.) and freshman
Broc Brown (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) registering a 6-0 decision.
Agyeman (6-0, 6-0) and Pothier (6-0, 6-1) picked up their second victories of the day with wins at the Nos. 3 and 5 singles slots, respectively, while junior
Danial Zindani (Walden, N.Y.) carded a 6-0, 6-0 effort at No. 6 to clinch the team victory for Farmingdale State. Freshman
Devan Melandro (Syosset, N.Y.) earned his sixth win of the season in the top flight by scores of 6-1 and 6-0, with sophomore
Zakaria Ahmed (Manhasset, N.Y.) capturing a 6-3, 6-0 triumph at No. 2. The Rams' results also included a 6-0, 6-1 win in at No. 4 by sophomore
Michael Lerman (Massapequa, N.Y.).
Farmingdale State completes regular-season Skyline Conference competition Friday at noon, when it travels to Bronxville, N.Y. to face Sarah Lawrence College. A victory over the Gryphons would clinch the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in next week's six-team conference championship for the Rams.
