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August LePique and William Schmid
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Red Dragons Comeback Against Golden Flyers and Upend Maccabees in Spring Break Play

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The SUNY Oneonta men's tennis team picked up a pair of wins over Nazareth and Yeshiva to go 2-1 in their spring break matches, this week. The Red Dragons fell to Hamilton, 9-0, before beating the Golden Flyers, 5-4, and the Maccabees, 8-1. Oneonta improved to 6-5 on the season, Hamilton moved to 2-2, Nazareth dropped to 0-6, and Yeshiva fell to 1-4 overall. Senior August LePique (New York, NY/Columbia) and sophomore William Schmid (Yonkers/Salesian HS) both won four matches during the spring break stretch, while freshmen Chris Chippari (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Roy C Ketcham) and Brayden Stuart (Albertson, N.Y./Herricks HS / New Hyde Park) recorded three wins each.  

Oneonta 0, Hamilton 9
Hamilton swept Oneonta in doubles and singles play. The No. 1 duo LePique and Schmid fell against Anson Anderson and Tarun Korwar, 8-3. In singles play, Schmid had the closest match, dropping to Anderson on the No. 2 court, 6-2, 6-4.  

Oneonta 5, Nazareth 4
LePique and Schmid defeated James Hawkins and Chris Benedict on the No. 1 court, 8-3, as the Red Dragons went into singles play down 2-1. Oneonta won the top four courts to secure the comeback win over Nazareth. LePique won against Griffin Bond in straight 6-2 sets on the No. 1 court, while Schmid beat Dominic Vito on the No. 2 court, 6-1, 6-4. Chippari defeated Pierre Ntonga on the No. 3 court, 6-3, 6-4, and Stuart captured the No. 4 court over Hawkins in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0.

Oneonta 8, Yeshiva 1
The Red Dragons started strong against the Maccabees and swept the doubles matches. LePique and Schmid bageled Mark Adler and Jacob Pfeifer on the No. 1 court. Chippari and Stuart took the No. 2 court over David Cattan and Leo Rahmey, 8-5, and freshman Zachary Blaakman (Penfield/Penfield High School) and sophomore Nathaniel Inzerrilo (Center Moriches/Center Moriches) defeated Israel Bussu and Ronen Rozenman in a set tiebreaker on the No. 3 court, 8-7 (7-3).

Oneonta continued their dominant play to take five of six singles matches. LePique won against Cattan on the No. 1 court, 6-1, 6-2. On the No. 2 court, Schmid dropped his first set against Pfeifer, 6-2, before he battled back to take set two in a tie break then won the third set tiebreaker to secure the match point, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7), 10-7. Chippari and Stuart defeated their singles opponents in straight 6-1 sets on the No. 3 and No. 4 courts, respectively, and sophomore Braden Greenberg (Northport, N.Y./Northport) beat Max Funiciello on the No. 6 court, 6-2, 6-0.

Oneonta is back in action Friday, March 22, for a road match against St. John Fisher at 4 pm.
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