Box Score Geneva, NY   –  On a cool blustery day in Geneva, NY the Red Dragons visited the Hobart College Statesman who are currently ranked 15^th in the NE region and got everything the Red Dragons could muster.  The Red Dragon men's tennis team was looking for an upset over the Statesmen but were bettered by the higher ranked team 8-1.  The Red Dragons are used to long matches and this one was no different lasting four hours. 

Doubles play was an exciting affair as the number one team of senior Michael Nelson (Manhasset/Manhasset) and sophomore Joseph D'Orazio (Smithtown/Smithtown) were totally in sync today and took down the number one team from Hobart breaking serve to win the match 8-6.  On court number three junior Zach Lasky (Latham/Colonie) and freshmen Marco Ammirati (Huntington/Huntington) were very impressive playing against this high ranking opponent and lost by only one break of serve 8-6.

At the start of singles play the Red Dragons were down by only 2-1 and were certainly in striking distance to pull off the upset.  However, the Hobart Statesmen proved why they are a high ranking team and scored straight set victories at the number two, three, four and sixth positions.  Impressive today though was Nelson who at number one singles took a set from his opponent and the match had to be decided by a super-tiebreaker.  Nelson was up 8-4 in the super breaker needing only two more points to secure the match.  Those points remained elusive and Nelson had to settle for a tight match loss 3-6, 6-3 (8-10).  In the fifth position Lasky owned a set point in the first set but could not convert.  He was drawn into a tiebreaker and dropped the breaker 7-3.  The second set Lasky could not muster any momentum and settled for 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 loss.

The Red Dragons have played some of the best competition in Division III this season playing great tennis. The Red Dragons look to rebound on Sunday at RIT beginning at 1 PM.