Posted: Apr 18, 2017

Men's Tennis Falls to Purchase, 8-1

Team Stats

St. Joseph's (L.I.)

Purchase College

Score

Doubles

Damerell, Riley / Troop, Joseph (PUR-MTN)
def. Lankowicz, Kevin / Dioguardo, Matt (SJCLIMT)

8-1

Rasmussen, Peter / Yaskanich, Tyler (SJCLIMT)
def. Stuart, Finbar / Ham, James (PUR-MTN)

8-4

Schmitt, Austin / Doherty, Brian (PUR-MTN)
def. Conway, Kyle / Eliades, Jake (SJCLIMT)

8-0

Singles

Damerell, Riley (PUR-MTN)
def. Lankowicz, Kevin (SJCLIMT)

6-2, 6-2

Troop, Joseph (PUR-MTN)
def. Rasmussen, Peter (SJCLIMT)

6-2, 6-2

Jones, Isaac (PUR-MTN)
def. Dioguardo, Matt (SJCLIMT)

6-0, 6-1

De La Cruz, Danny (PUR-MTN)
def. Yaskanich, Tyler (SJCLIMT)

4-6, 6-2, 10-8

Stuart, Finbar (PUR-MTN)
def. Conway, Kyle (SJCLIMT)

6-0, 6-0

Doherty, Brian (PUR-MTN)
def. Eliades, Jake (SJCLIMT)

6-0, 6-1

Written by Andrew Capitelli (SJC-LI Sports Information)

Purchase, NY| The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) men's tennis team was handed a 8-1 defeat by Skyline Conference rival SUNY Purchase in a road match on Tuesday evening.

With the loss the Golden Eagles fall to 0-4 on the year (0-3 Skyline) as the Panthers improve to 7-1 (4-1 Skyline).

SJC wrapped up doubles play down 2-1 with the only victory coming via the second doubles duo of Peter Rasmussen and Tyler Yaskanich, who defeated Finbar Stuart and James Ham 9-7.

The Golden Eagles dropped all six singles matches with Yaskanich faring best in a 6-4, 2-6, 8-10 loss to Danny De La Cruz.

The Golden Eagles return to action on Wednesday, April 19 when they visit York College for a non-conference match at 4:00 pm.