Posted: Apr 10, 2016

Men’s Tennis Edged by Sarah Lawrence

Team Stats

Sarah Lawrence College

St. Joseph's (L.I.)

Score

Doubles

Sanchez, Matias / Gonzalez, Ian (SLC)
def. Rasmussen, Peter / Corrao, Chris (SJCLIMT)

8-3

Hsuan, Garrett / Garibaldi, Andre (SLC)
def. Merle, Brian / Gilley, Matt (SJCLIMT)

8-2

Dioguardio, Matt / Branigan, Phillip (SJCLIMT)
def. Wah, Alex / Dougherty, Ben (SLC)

8-1

Singles

Sanchez, Matias (SLC)
def. Rasmussen, Peter (SJCLIMT)

6-3, 6-2

Corrao, Chris (SJCLIMT)
def. Hsuan, Garrett (SLC)

6-0, 6-2

Dioguardio, Matt (SJCLIMT)
def. Gonzalez, Ian (SLC)

6-3, 6-3

Garibaldi, Andre (SLC)
def. Merle, Brian (SJCLIMT)

6-2, 6-1

Berry, James (SLC)
def. Gilley, Matt (SJCLIMT)

6-0, 3-6, 7-5

Vasquez, Wilfido (SJCLIMT)
def. Welles, Arnie (SLC)

6-4, 6-6 (7-3)

Written by Andrew Capitelli (SJC-LI Sports Information)

Patchogue, NY| The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) men's tennis team suffered a 5-4 defeat to Skyline Conference rival Sarah Lawrence at home on Sunday afternoon. In the wake of the match, both the Golden Eagles and the Gryphons sit a 1-4 (1-2 Skyline) on the year.

The third doubles tandem of Matt Dioguardo and Phillip Branigan earned an 8-1 victory in their match to take the early 1-0 lead, but the Golden Eagle's first (Peter Rasmussen and Chris Corrao) and second (Brian Merle and Matt Gilley) doubles groups took 8-3 and 8-2 defeats, respectively, as SJC entered singles competition down 2-1.

After Rasmussen suffered a 3-6, 2-6 defeat in first singles, Corrao brought the Golden Eagles back to within one of SLC with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Garrett Hsuan. Wilfido Vasquez's win at sixth singles knotted the match at three, but defeats for Merle and Gilley at fourth and fifth singles clinched victory for the Gryphons.

The Golden Eagles return to action tomorrow, April 11 when they travel to Newburgh, NY to face Mount Saint Mary College in a Skyline Conference showdown at 6:00 PM. Full recap here at sjcgoldeneagles.com following the action.