Greyhounds mens tennis wins ninth straight Northeast-10 Conference championship

April 22, 2007

Assumption 5, Bentley 0

SMITHFIELD, RI - Top-seeded and I.T.A. Nationally Ranked (No. 40) Assumption College defeated Bentley College, 5-0, to win its ninth straight Northeast 10 Conference men's tennis championship here SUNDAY at the Bryant University Tennis Courts.

The Greyhounds swept all three doubles points to open the match and subsequently added wins at No. 4 and No. 5 singles to clinch the victory.

NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE HONORS

Junior ANTONIO RECALDE has been named the 2007 Northeast-10 Men's Tennis Vern Cox Player-of-the-Year. Recalde posted an 11-0 record at No. 1 singles in conference play and was 13-1 overall. He also owns an 11-1 record at No. 1 doubles. Recalde also earned all-conference first-team singles and doubles honors.

Greyhounds Coach JOHN IPPOLITO was named the Northeast-10 Coach of the Year for the fifth time (2000, 01, 03, 05, 07), as selected by the 11 Northeast-10 coaches. Ippolito has led the Greyhounds to a 16-0 record so far this season and a conference record 117 match-winning streak.

Joining Recalde on the all-conference first-team for singles was senior captain MATT STOPP at No. 2 and sophomore JARED DORFMAN at No. 3. Senior DAVE MARSHALL earned second-team singles honors at No. 4. Recalde-Stopp (No. 1 doubles) and Dorfman-Marshall (No. 2 doubles) both earned first-team accolades.

At No. 1 doubles, junior ANTONIO RECALDE (Ciudad del Este, Paraguay/San Isador Labrador) and senior captain MATT STOPP (Altoona, PA/Altoona) improved their overall record to 11-1 winning over Bentley's Greg Avola and Greg Maloomian, 8-6. They beat the same duo by the same score in the regular-season match at Bentley (April 10, 2007).

Sophomore JARED DORFMAN (So., Providence, RI/LaSalle Academy) and DAVID MARSHALL (Sr., Newington, CT/Kingswood-Oxford) defeated Bentley's Miles Holman and Patrick Schorno, 8-5, at No. 2 doubles.

Junior RICH LIEBERMAN (East Haddam, CT/Nathan Hale Ray) and freshman TOM NOWAK (Medfield, MA/Medfield) defeated the Falcon's Mike Dolan and Mike Mc Crillis, 8-3

In singles senior DAVID MARSHALL (Newington, CT/Kingswood-Oxford) defeated Bentley's Mike McCrillis in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, while freshman TOM NOWAK (Medfield, MA/Medfield) stopped Mike Dolan at No. 5, winning 6-4, 6-1.

The win is Assumption's 20th-straight conference tournament match victory and 117th consecutive win over a conference opponent dating back to April 15, 1998.

The Greyhounds will play in their eighth consecutive N.C.A.A. Division II Northeast Regional Tournament scheduled for May 3-5 at a site to be determined. Opponents, times of matches and the tournament site will be announced by the N.C.A.A. on Wednesday.

CHAMPIONSHIP: Assumption 5, Bentley 0

DOUBLES RESULTS

1. Assumption, Antonio RECALDE (Jr., Ciudad del Este, Paraguay/San Isador Labrador) and Matt STOPP (Altoona, PA/Altoona) def. Bentley, Greg AVOLA and Greg MALOOMIAN, 8-6.

2, Assumption, Jared DORFMAN (So., Providence, RI/LaSalle Academy) and David MARSHALL (Sr., Newington, CT/Kingswood-Oxford) def. Bentley, Miles HOLMAN and Patrick SCHORNO, 8-5.

3, Assumption, Rich LIEBERMAN (Jr., East Haddam, CT/Nathan Hale Ray) and Tom NOWAK (Fr., Medfield, MA/Medfield) def. Bentley, Mike DOLAN and Mike MC CRILLIS, 8-3

SINGLES RESULTS

4, Assumption, MARSHALL def. Bentley, MC CRILLIS, 6-3, 6-2.

5, Assumption, NOWAK def. Bentley, DOLAN, 6-4, 6-1

SEMIFINAL: Assumption 6, Bryant 1

DOUBLE RESULTS

1, Assumption, RECALDE and STOPP def. Bryant, Dylan WHITING and Zach GOODMAN, 8-3

2, Bryant, Craig DRUSHELLA and Kevin GARDINER def. DORFMAN and MARSHALL, 8-4

3, Assumption, LIEBERMAN and NOWAK def. Bryant, LEVINSON and CAISSE, 8-3

SINGLES RESULTS

1. Assumption, RECALDE def. Bryant, WHITING, 6-0, 6-1

2, Assumption, STOPP def. Bryant, GARDINER, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1

3, Assumption, DORFMAN def. Bryant, DRUSHELLA, 6-0, 6-1

6. Assumption, Steve TLUMACKI (So., Holliston, MA/Holiston) def. Bryant, Kevin LEVINSON, 6-4, 6-0

Records: Assumption 16-0, Bentley 12-10, Bryant 10-7