Hounds Men's Tennis Results in Northeast Invitational at Brown University

September 17, 2006


Hosted by Brown University, Providence, RI


Antonio Recalde

INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD

ANTONIO RECALDE 3-1 singles (won ninth-place)

MATT STOPP 2-1 singles (won fifth-place)

DAVID MARSHALL 1-2 singles (won 13th-place)

JARED DORFMAN 1-2 singles

COLLIN VERO-CASSAVANTE 3-1 singles (lost in championship)

STEVE TLUMACKI 3-1 singles (won ninth-place)

TOMAS NOWAK 2-1 singles (lost in semifinals)

DAN DOENGES 1-2 singles (won 13th-place)

Team finished 16-11 in singles competition


RECALDE-STOPP 1-2 doubles

VERO-CASSAVANTE-DORFMAN 0-2 doubles

MARSHALL-LIEBERMAN 1-2 doubles

TLUMACKI-NOWAK 3-0 doubles (won championship)

Team finished 5-6 in doubles competition


PROVIDENCE, RI --- The Assumption College doubles-team of sophomore STEVE TLUMACKI (Holliston, MA/Holliston) and freshman TOMAS NOWAK (Medfield, MA/Medfield) defeated three Division I teams to win the fourth flight doubles championship this weekend at the Northeast Invitational Tennis Tournament hosted at Brown University.

Tlumacki and Nowak defeated pairs from Colgate (8-3), Fairleigh-Dickinson (8-2) and finally Villanova (8-3) to annex the title.

Overall the Greyhounds, who have won 104 consecutive matches and eight straight Northeast-10 Conference championships, finished with a 16-11 singles mark an 5-6 double record---all against Division I opposition. Assumption College was the ONLY Division II team in the tournament.

Another freshman COLLIN VERO-CASSAVANTE (Rutland, VT/Rutland) lost in the championship singles match of the fifth flight, while Nowak advanced to the semifinal of the seventh flight.

Senior captain MATT STOPP (Altoona, PA/Altoona) finished 2-1 and won the fifth-place award in the second flight . . . junior ANTONIO RECALDE (Ciudad del Este, Paraguay/San Isidro Labrador) won the ninth-place match and finished 3-1 in first flight competition. His only loss was to fellow countryman Pedro Genovese of Marist College and Asuncion, Paraguay, 5-7, 3-6 . . . Tlumacki finished 3-1 overall and won ninth place in the sixth flight.

In the third flight senior DAVID MARSHALL (Newington, CT/Kingswood Oxford) won the 13th-place award as did senior DAN DOENGES (Rutland, VT/Rutland) in the eighth-flight.

The Hounds are next in action hosting the University of Montreal Saturday, September 23 in an exhibition match and at Southern New Hampshire University Sunday, September 24 in a Northeast-10 Conference match.


FLIGHT RESULTS


FIRST FLIGHT SINGLES

ANTONIO RECALDE (Jr., Ciudad del Este, Paraguay/San Isidro Labrador)

lost to Marist, PEDRO GENOVESE (Sr., Asuncion, Paraguay/Colegio de San Jose), 5-7, 3-6

def. Connecticut, BEN SCHUELER (So., Arlington, MA/Arlington), 6-2, 7-6

def. Fairleigh-Dickinson, PRIIT GROSS (Maejera, EstoniaMiina Harma), Sunday, 6-1, 6-3

Ninth-Place Match

def. Lafayette, MATT MC GRANAGHAN (Fr., Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley Central), 6-2, 6-0


SECOND FLIGHT SINGLES

MATT STOPP (Sr., Altoona, PA/Altoona)

def. Rhode Island, ANDREW COSTIN (So., Amherst, Nova Scotia/American Heritage), 6-4, 4-6, 6-0

lost to Boston College, ALEX RASTORGOUEV (So., Newton, MA/Newton South), 1-6, 3-6

Fifth-Place Match

def. Bucknell, RYAN SANDBURG (So., Orange, CA/Canyon), 4-6, 6-0 1-0(6)


THIRD FLIGHT SINGLES

DAVID MARSHALL (Sr., Newington, CT/Kingswood-Oxford)

lost to Boston College, ZACH WOLFE (So., Rancho Santa Fe, CA/Francis Parker), 3-6, 1-6

lost to Colgate, MARSHALL WHEELER (Sr., Darien, CT/Greens Farms Academy), 6-3, 3-6, 3-6

Thirteenth-Place Match

def. Lafayette, BRETT KRAFT (Jr., New Providence, NJ/New Providence), Sunday, 6-4, 6-4.


FOURTH FLIGHT SINGLES

JARED DORFMAN (So., Providence, RI/LaSalle Academy)

lost to Colgate, TYLER DECK (Jr., Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor), 6-1, 4-6, 2-6

def. Marist, JEFF NGUYEN (Sr., San Diego, CA/Point Loma), 6-2, 6-4

lost to Boston College, DENNIS REARDON (Sr., Cohasset, MA/Milton Academy), withdrew


FIFTH FLIGHT SINGLES

COLLIN VERO-CASSAVANTE (Fr., Rutland, VT/Rutland)

def. Connecticut, TOM COOK (Fr., Pittsford, NY/Pittsford-Mednon), 6-2, 6-3

def. Boston College, BRIAN HARTNESS (So., Brentwood, TN/Brentwood), 6 2, 6-3

Semifinal Match

def. Rhode Island, JAMES MC GUIRE (Fr., Pittsford, NY/Sutherland), 7-6, 6-1

Championship Match

lost to Marist, FRANKIE ALGIER (Sr., Poughkeepsie, NY/Our Lady of Lourdes), 3-6, 2-6


SIXTH FLIGHT SINGLES

STEVE TLUMACKI (So., Holliston, MA/Holliston)

lost to Bucknell, BEN YOUNG (Jr., New Canaan, CT/New Canaan), 4-6, 6-4, 3-6

def. Carlton, CONOR CRONIN, 6-2, 6-0

def. Villanova, SUMANTH CHITTAJALLU (So., Columbus, OH/Upper Arlington), 5-7, 6-3, 1-0(8)

Ninth-Place Match

def. Boston College, GEOFF MUELLER (Jr., Chestnut Hill, MA/St. Sebastians), 7-5, 6-1


RICH LIEBERMAN (Jr., East Haddam, CT/Nathan Hale Ray)

def. Carlton, ADRIAN PLUMMER, 6-0, 6-1

lost to Fairleigh-Dickinson, KYLE EDDINS (Fr., Los Altos, CA/Los Altos Hills), 1-6, 6-3, 1-6

lost to Colgate, MICHAEL KODESCH (Fr., Titusville, FL/Astronaut), default


SEVENTH FLIGHT SINGLES

TOMAS NOWAK (Fr., Medfield, MA/Medfield)

def. Fairleigh-Dickinson, ESTEBAN BLANCO (So., Buenos Aires, Argentina/Asociacion Escuelas Lincoln), 6-4, 6-1

def. Montreal, DAVID TRUDEAU, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0

Semifinal Match

lost to Connecticut, AARON RIBCHINSKY (Jr., Ivoryton, CT/Ivoryton), 0-6, 3-6.

DAN DOENGES (Sr., Rutland, VT/Rutland)

lost to Bucknell, SIDHARTH MAKKAR (So., Queens, NY/Bronx School of Science), 3-6, 3-6

lost to Rhode Island, JEFF GORDON (Fr., Warwick, RI/Warwick), 3-6, 4-6

Thirteenth-Place Match

def. Rhode Island, STEVE CONROY (Fr., Westerly, RI/Westerly), 7-5, 0-6 1 0(3)


FIRST-FLIGHT DOUBLES

ANTONIO RECALDE (Jr., Ciudad del Este, Paraguay/San Isidro Labrador)

MATT STOPP (Sr., Altoona, PA/Altoona)

lost to Brown, ZACH PASANEN (Sr., North Andover, MA/Groton School) and ERIC THOMAS (Sr., Cincinnati, OH/Walnut Hills)

def. Fairleigh-Dickinson, PRIIT GROSS (Sr., Maejera, Estonia/Miina Harma) and KYLE EDDINS (Sr., Los Altos, CA/Los Altos Hills), 8-4

lost to Connecticut, JOE GOLDSTEIN (Fr., Tucson, AZ/Tucson) and BEN SCHUELER (Arlington, MA/Arlington), 7-8


SECOND-FLIGHT DOUBLES

JARED DORFMAN (So., Providence, RI/LaSalle Academy)

COLLIN VERO-CASSAVANTE (Fr., Rutland, VT/Rutland)

lost to Boston College, ALEX RASTORGOUEV (So., Newton, MA/Newton South) and DENNIS REARDON (Sr., Cohasset, MA/Milton Academy), 7-8

lost to Villanova, SCOTT FAHRENDORF (Jr., Reno, NV/Reno) and CHARLIE FARMER (Jr., Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor), withdrew


THIRD-FLIGHT DOUBLES

DAVID MARSHALL (Sr., Newington, CT/Kingswood-Oxford)

RICH LIEBERMAN (Jr., East Haddam, CT/Nathan Hale Ray)

def. Villanova, BRETT TOBIN (Fr., Chagrin Falls, OH/University School) and BRIAN MAHER (So., Dallas, TX/Jesuit College Prep), 8-2

lost to Marist, FRANK ALGIER (Sr., Poughkeepsie, NY/Our Lady of Lourdes) and MICHAEL LAND (Fr., Kingwood, TX/Kingwood), 6-8

lost to Bucknell, DANIEL BEDNAREK (So., Haworth, NJ/Bergen Catholic) and ZACH HASCOE (Fr., Greenwich, CT/Brunswick), 6-8


FOURTH-FLIGHT DOUBLES

STEVE TLUMACKI (So., Holliston, MA/Holliston)

TOMAS NOWAK (Fr., Medfield, MA/Medfield)

def. Colgate, MICHAEL SHEA (Jr., Weston, CT/Weston) and JONATHAN LAMPERT (Fr., Scarsdale, NY/Hackley School), 8-3

def. Fairleigh-Dickinson, MIROSLAV PIVEN (Fr., Staten Island, NY/Tottenville) and GREG KOLOMIETS (Jr., Guilderland, NY/Guilderland), 8-2

Flight Championship

def. Villanova, LARRY TRAN (So., Rockville, MD/Walter Johnson) and COREY GRAD (Fr., Mamaroneck, NY/Mamaroneck), 8-3