Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Collegeville, PA/Staten Island, NY - A split squad for men's tennis was sent on the road to play a pair of matches.  The top half of the lineup played Ursinus College the number 17th ranked team in the Middle Atlantic Region.  There the Red Dragons found themselves in yet another five hour match that could have gone either way.
 
The doubles portion of the dual match was very close on two of the three courts.  Junior Cole Laffitte (East Setauket/Ward Melville) matched up again with sophomore Nicholas Fox (Commack/Commack) and was dominant in the number two position cruising to an 8-2 win.  At number three doubles junior Zach Lasky (Latham/Colonie) and freshman Marco Ammirati (Huntington/Huntington) continued their winning ways. They went up a break and were leading 6-3 but the Ursinus duo broke back and actually went up 7-6.  However, the Red Dragon pair ran off the next three games and secured the victory giving the Red Dragons a 2-1 lead after doubles play.
 
The singles competition was very close with five out the six matches contested going three sets.  Sophomore Joseph D'Orazio (Smithtown/Smithtown) at number two singles won his match in three sets serving it out to clinch 6-0, 2-6, 6-3.  Ammarati got a rare start in singles today playing in the third flight and performed admirably but lost 1-6, 6-3, 2-6. At the number four position Laffitte won the first set easily but his opponent settled down and took the second set but Laffitte found his rhythm again in the third set and won the match by breaking serve, the final score being 6-0, 3-6, 6-3.  With just one more singles match to clinch the dual contest and to upset Ursinus College it was left up to Lasky at fifth singles and Fox at sixth.  Both players won the first set but neither player could get that elusive second set and yet again The Red Dragons had to settle for another heartbreaking defeat losing 5-4.  It was the fourth time this season the Red Dragons were set back by the identical 5-4 score against ranked teams or squads that had NCAA berths.
 
The bottom half of the lineup also suffered a setback as they traveled to Staten Island, NY to play the College of Staten Island.  Doubles winners were sophomore Michael DeNigris and freshman Kiran Narsipur (Ossining/Ossining).  DeNigris played singles in the number one position and was victorious earning a 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 win.  Freshman Alex Reiley got his first start of the year and earned a 6-0, 7-6 win.  Junior Brian Roser (Pittsford/Pittsford Sutherland) was also a victor in the fifth position gaining a 7-6, 4-6 (10-8) win to make the final score 5-4 in favor of Staten Island.
 
The Red Dragons go back on the road to face Hobart College ranked number 15 in the Northeast on Friday, April 21st beginning at 4 PM on the campus of Hobart College.