Posted: Apr 24, 2016

Men’s Tennis Eases Past SJC-Brooklyn

Team Stats

St. Joseph's (Bklyn)

St. Joseph's (L.I.)

Score

Doubles

Corrao, Chris / Rasmussen, Peter def. Caicedo, Kevin / Mayorga, Carlos 8-3
Johnson, Kyle / Smalley, Alec def. Dioguardio, Matt / Branigan, Phillip 8-4
Merle, Brian / Gilley, Matt def. Parr, Nolan / Smith, Matthew 8-3

Singles

Corrao, Chris def. Caicedo, Kevin 6-6, 6-0
Rasmussen, Peter def. Johnson, Kyle 6-2, 6-0
Dioguardio, Matt def. Parr, Nolan 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Mayorga, Carlos def. Gilley, Matt 6-3, 6-4
Merle, Brian def. Smith, Matthew 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9-7)
Branigan, Phillip def. Smalley, Alec 2-6, 6-1, 7-5

Written by Andrew Capitelli (SJC-LI Sports Information)

Patchogue, NY| The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) men's tennis team picked up a 7-2 victory over St. Joseph's College (Brkln) at home on Sunday afternoon and improved to 2-8 (2-4 Skyline) on the year.

Brian Merle and Matt Gilley posted the first win for the Golden Eagles in their third doubles match, edging Nolan Parr and Matthew Smith for the 8-3 victory. Chris Corrao and Peter Rasmussen collected an 8-3 win of their own at first doubles, meanwhile Matt Dioguardo and Phillip Branigan took a 4-8 defeat at second doubles.

Rasmussen and Corrao increased the Golden Eagles' lead to 4-1 with second and first singles wins, respectively, and after Gilley surrendered a fourth singles bout to Carlos Mayorga, Branigan clinched the win for Long Island with a 6-2, 6-1, 7-5 win at sixth singles.

The Golden Eagles return to action on Thursday, April 28 when they host Skyline rival Farmingdale State at 5:00 PM. Full recap here at sjcgoldeneagles.com following the action.