OSWEGO, NY – The Iona University men's tennis team rolled to a 7-0 victory over Oswego State on Friday afternoon. The Gaels swept all three doubles matches without dropping a game before earning straight-set victories across all six singles positions.
DOUBLES
Iona opened the afternoon with a dominant showing in doubles competition, sweeping all three matches by identical 6-0 scores to secure the opening point.
The tandem of rookies
Taylor Yarnell and
James Clunie earned the first victory at No. 2 doubles, defeating Cosmo Lund and Mike DeGroat. Sophomore
Brandon Ramos and junior
Yusen Sato followed with a shutout victory at No. 3 doubles to clinch the doubles point.
Junior
Roko Kacer and rookie
Leo Hsu completed the sweep at the No. 1 position, defeating Cole Lyons and Tyler Yhun, 6-0.
SINGLES
The Gaels carried their momentum into singles action, winning all six matches in straight sets while surrendering just nine games across the 12 sets.
Kacer led the way with a 6-0, 6-0 shutout victory over Lund at No. 2 singles. Ramos followed with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Yhun at the No. 3 position to put Iona one point away from securing the team victory.
Rookie
Mark Taviloglu delivered the clinching point at No. 5 singles, defeating Duncan Baker, 6-2, 6-0.
Clunie continued the winning effort at No. 6 singles, earning a 6-1, 6-1 victory over M. DeGroat. At the top of the lineup, Yarnell picked up a 6-2, 6-0 win over Lyons at No. 1 singles.
Sato rounded out the afternoon with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Perron at No. 4 singles to complete the shutout.
UP NEXT
The Maroon & Gold cap the weekend in central New York tomorrow evening with a 6 p.m. matchup at Le Moyne.