Box Score The Oneonta State men's tennis team dropped a 6-3 dual match at home yesterday afternoon versus visiting RIT 6-3. With the loss, the men fall to 10-5 overall on the year while the victory moves the Tigers to 5-7 overall.
Oneonta trailed the match coming out of doubles 2-1. The Red Dragons earned its point at third doubles as the senior duo of Joey Milstein and Adam Slifkin came back from a service break down to defeat Jake Stocker and Frank McGinn 8-6.
In singles, Oneonta scored only two points with wins at first and fifth singles. Joshua Slifkin battled through some cramping to win in a third set, super tie break, 4-6, 7-5, 10-5 to earn the victory at fifth singles.
Freshman David Goldberg won in straight sets (6-2, 6-2) to take the points at first singles over Clayton Tontarski.
The men will be in action again tomorrow afternoon when they host Wheaton (MA) College at 1pm.
DOUBLES
Clayton Tontarski/Larry Hall (RIT) def Joshua Slifkin/Adam Shapiro (O), 8-3
Tennyson Saucedo/Neville Billimoria (RIT) def MacKenzie Park/David Goldberg (O), 8-4
Joey Milstein/Adam Slifkin (O) def Jake Stocker/Frank McGinn (RIT), 8-6
SINGLES
Goldberg (O) def Tontarski (RIT), 6-2, 6-2
Saucedo (RIT) def Adam Shapiro (O), 7-5, 6-0
Billimoria (RIT) def Park (O), 6-0, 6-2
Amos Baptiste (RIT) def Milstein (O), 6-4, 6-1
J. Slifkin (O) def Hall (RIT), 4-6, 7-5 (10-5)
Max Bogue (RIT) def A. Slifkin (O), 6-2, 6-2