Flushing, NY – On the grounds of the National Tennis Center and site of the US Open, the SUNY Oneonta men's tennis team earned a hard fought win and took down the defending CUNY Champs, Hunter College, and its nine match win streak earning an 8-1 triumph.

Doubles was competitive on all the courts but The Red Dragons shut out Hunter in the stanza 3-0.  Junior Nicholas Fox (Commack/Commack) and sophomore Marco Ammirati (Huntington/Huntington) were dominant at the net and with return of serve pulling out an 8-5 victory.  The number two doubles pair of senior Tim Distler and senior Zach Lasky (Colonie/Colonie) opened up the match with two breaks of serve and a 3-0 lead and never wavered taking home an 8-4 win.  Senior Cole Laffitte (East Setauket/Ward Melville) and freshman Riley Smith (Westhampton Beach/Westhampton Beach) were easy victors at the third position and continue their success since being paired earlier in the season as they registered and 8-2 win.

A 3-0 after the doubles held up as the Red Dragon men cruised on to an 8-1 win earning victories on five out of the six singles matches contested.  Ammirati was playing high powered tennis and won in straight sets 6-4, 6-4.  The number two player Lasky was dominant in his win with a score of 6-0, 6-2.  In the fourth position Laffitte earned an easy first set victory but dropped the second set 6-3.  Laffitte regrouped and played an incredibly steady super-tiebreaker and won that 10-6 and the match.  Number five Distler and double bageled his opponent 6-0, 6-0 with an array of steady consistent tennis and commanding volley's at the net.  Smith completed the victory tallies on the day with a commanding 6-2, 6-3 win finally sending Hunter home with their first defeat on the year.

The men's tennis team now have highly competitive matches at Salisbury College in Maryland on Saturday, April 21^st beginning at 11 AM followed by another tough match at Goucher College on Sunday, April 22^nd at 2 PM.