Match Results
BRONXVILLE, N.Y.—Sarah Lawrence College men's tennis concluded the regular season with a victory when the Gryphons defeated St. Joseph's College Brooklyn, 8-1, in a Skyline match at Meyers Tennis Center on the campus of Concordia College on Wednesday.
IN SHORT
Sarah Lawrence (5-5, 3-5 Skyline) def. St. Joseph's (1-8, 0-5 Skyline), 8-1.
DOUBLES
Sarah Lawrence wasted little time taking control of the match, sweeping the three doubles matches. In the No. 3 match, juniors
Andre Garibaldi (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) and
Mehran Hicks (Hartsdale, N.Y./The Masters School) partnered for the first time and ran the table in their 8-0 shutout victory.
In the No. 2 match, sophomores
Garrett Hsuan (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bard H.S. Early College) and
Alex Wah (New York, N.Y./Riverdale Country / Bay Sch. of S.F.) made their debut as a partnership and picked up an 8-3 victory.
Sophomores
Matias Sanchez (Córdoba, Argentina/Academia Arguello) and
Ian Gonzalez (Framingham, Mass./Framingham) proved equally effective in the No. 1 match. The duo took a 4-1 advantage early in the set. The Bears rallied to pull within one game, 6-5, yet the Gryphons came out on top, 8-6.
SINGLES
With Sarah Lawrence in front, 3-0, senior
Jasper Soloff (New York, N.Y./Trevor Day School) recorded his fourth double-shutout win of the season, sweeping the No. 6 singles match, 6-0, 6-0. Soloff leads the team with five singles wins this season.
The Bears won their only match of the day in the No. 5 singles position, 6-2, 6-2, advancing the team score to 4-1 in favor of the Green and White.
Garibaldi had the honor of clinching the match with his win at No. 4 singles. He dropped three games in his opening set before cruising through the second frame, 6-3, 6-0, to earn a win in just his second singles match of the season.
At the top of the lineup, Sanchez rebounded after a tough first set in the No. 1 match. He fell behind 4-0 in the opening frame before he blanked his foe in the second stanza. In the third set, he converted a 3-2 edge into a 6-2 win, closing out a triumph, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.
Gonzalez was the last Gryphon to start his match but made quick work of his singles showdown. He improved to 4-2 in the No. 3 spot after yielding one game in his 6-1, 6-0 victory.
In the final match of the night, Hsuan won the first three games of his opening set win but fell behind 4-0 in the second set. In the decisive set, he broke serve in the opening game and took three straight games to close out a 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 win, his fourth of the season.
IN THE RECORD BOOK
Soloff improved to 5-2 this season. His .714 winning percentage is tied for fifth best in team history among players with at least seven matches played.
BY THE NUMBERS
The 2017 Gryphons matched their five-win total from last season, repeating the team's highest win total since 2001. Through the regular season, SLC Gryphons posted a record of 30-30 in singles matches and 15-15 in doubles competition.
UP NEXT
Sarah Lawrence awaits its fate in the upcoming Skyline tournament. The Gryphons are on track to secure the No. 6 seed and the first Skyline tournament berth for any Sarah Lawrence men's program. As the league's first team to complete its eight-match Skyline schedule, SLC's outcome relies on this weekend's action around the league.
