Box Score Farmingdale, NY – SUNY Oneonta men's tennis dominated their opponent for the second match in a row today as they defeated the SUNY Farmingdale Rams 8-1. The Red Dragons simply had too much firepower for the Rams and the match was pretty much a lopsided affair.
The doubles portion of the match showed Red Dragon supremacy in all phases. Number one doubles sophomore
Joseph D'Orazio (Smithtown/Smithtown) and senior
Michael Nelson (Manhasset/Manhasset) showed their mastery of the net and took down their opponents 8-3. The second doubles team today was sophomore
Nicholas Fox (Commack/Commack) and junior
Cole Laffitte (East Setauket/Ward Melville) who was getting a rare start in the doubles stanza. The pair did not disappoint and won easily by a score of 8-1. The third flight team of junior
Zach Lasky (Latham/Colonie) and freshman
Marco Ammirati (Huntington/Huntington) won by shutting out their opponent 8-0 in just a 1/2 hour. The three victories in doubles allowed singles play to begin with the Red Dragons holding a comfortable 3-0 lead.
Singles play saw D'Orazio, sophomore Michael Denigris, Laffitte, Lasky and Fox at the number two-six positions all win comfortably losing only seven games between them. The number one Red Dragon player Nelson performed in the highlighted match of the afternoon. Nelson lost the match but played incredibly tough tennis against a very worthy foe. The match was split at one set a piece and had to be decided in the super-tiebreaker which went to an incredible 22-20 finish. The player from Farmingdale and Nelson were applauded after the match in what was two opponents trading great passing shots and resolve and just not giving in. The final score of that number one match was 3-6, 6-1 (22-20).
The win for The Red Dragons does not give them much time to celebrate as they travel to Collegeville, PA on Monday, April 17
th to play against the Mid-Atlantic 17
th ranked team Ursinus College. There will also be a split squad match with several Red Dragon men tennis players traveling to Staten Island to play the Staten Island College Dolphins. Both of those matches begin at 4 PM
