Men's Tennis Takes on Nazareth in Empire 8 play on Friday
Rochester, NY- The Sage Colleges' men's tennis team travelled to upstate New York and took on Empire 8 foe Nazareth College on Friday. The Golden Flyers collected an 8-1 win over Sage. With the win, Nazareth is now 2-10 overall and 2-2 in the Empire 8. The Gators drops to 0-4 overall and 0-3 in the league.
Sage's senior Casey Fitzpatrick (Haverhill, MA/Haverhill) earned the win at No. 2 singles for the Gators after his opponent was retired with an injury. He is back in the tennis lineup this spring after just wrapping his play a week ago as a member of the Sage men's volleyball team, where he set the career digs mark.
The Gators are back in action on Saturday, April 14 taking on St. John Fisher College for a 1 p.m. match on the road.
Sage's home match slated for Sunday, April 15 with Johnson State has been postponed and no new make-up date has been set.
Tennis Match Results
The Sage Colleges vs Nazareth
Apr 13, 2018 at Mendon Racquet Club
(Rochester, NY)
Nazareth 8, The Sage Colleges 1
Singles competition
1. Ryley Amond (NAZARETH) def. Henry Golden (SAGEMEN) 6-2, 6-2
2. Casey Fitzpatrick (SAGEMEN) def. Louis Rogers (NAZARETH) 1-6, 1-0, retired
3. Jonathan Scudder (NAZARETH) def. Dan Mackey (SAGEMEN) 6-1, 6-0
4. Tyler Luong (NAZARETH) def. Christian Rosario (SAGEMEN) 6-1, 6-0
5. Kellen Boyles (NAZARETH) def. Zaheer Ahmad (SAGEMEN) 6-0, 6-0
6. Patrick Dowdle (NAZARETH) def. Mitesh Joshi (SAGEMEN) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Louis Rogers/Ryley Amond (NAZARETH) def. Henry Golden/Casey Fitzpatrick (SAGEMEN) 8-1
2. Tyler Luong/Patrick Dowdle (NAZARETH) def. Dan Mackey/Christian Rosario (SAGEMEN) 8-0
3. Jonathan Scudder/Andy Lee (NAZARETH) def. Sebastian Vickers/Mitesh Joshi (SAGEMEN) 8-0
Match Notes:
The Sage Colleges 0-4, 0-3 E8
Nazareth 2-10, 2-2 E8
T-1:50 A-15
