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Brendan Blachowski scored Wilkes' lone singles win against NYU Sunday

WILKES MEN’S TENNIS DROPS 6-3 DECISION AGAINST NYU SNAPPING NINE MATCH WIN STREAK

4/21/2013 4:46:00 PM

WILKES MEN'S TENNIS DROPS 6-3 DECISION AGAINST NYU SNAPPING NINE MATCH WIN STREAK

EDWARDSVILLE – The Wilkes University men's tennis team dropped a 6-3 decision to visiting New York University (NYU) Sunday afternoon at the Ralston Athletic Complex snapping its nine match win streak in the process.

Wilkes slips to 11-3 overall while NYU improves to 6-3 on the year.

The Colonels posted two wins in double play to take a 2-1 lead going into singles competition. The pairs of Makos/Wilson (No.1) and Blachowski/Freeman (No. 3) grabbed doubles wins by scores of 8-6 and 9-8 (6) respectively.

NYU captured wins in the first five singles flights before Brendan Blachowski scored a6-3, 3-6, 10-8 win at No. 6 singles to account for the lone Wilkes win.

The Colonels return to play Friday traveling to Division II Bloomsburg University for a match at 6:00 p.m.

NYU 6, Wilkes University 3

Singles competition
1. Steven Wu (NYU) def. Steven Wilson (Bronx, NY/JFK) (WUMT) 6-3, 6-0
2. Harveer Bhalla (NYU) def. Alex Makos (Mansfield, PA/Mansfield) (WUMT) 6-2, 6-0
3. Aaron Meltzer (NYU) def. Michael Kranz (Depew, NY/Lancaster Central) (WUMT) 6-2, 6-2
4. CJ Leong (NYU) def. Max Appello (Sparta, NJ/Sparta) (WUMT) 6-5, 6-2
5. Sidd Thangirala (NYU) def. Connor Peckham (Warminster, PA/Central Bucks East) (WUMT) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
6. Brendon Blachowski (Newtown, PA /Council Rock North) (WUMT) def. Tim Wu (NYU) 6-3, 3-6, 10-8

Doubles competition
1. Steven Wilson (Bronx, NY/JFK)/Alex Makos (Mansfield, PA/Mansfield) (WUMT) def. Harveer Bhalla/Aaron Meltzer (NYU) 8-6
2. Steven Wu/CJ Leong (NYU) def. Michael Kranz (Depew, NY/Lancaster Central)/Connor Peckham (Warminster, PA/Central Bucks East) (WUMT) 8-2
3. Brendon Blachowski (Newtown, PA /Council Rock North)/Clarke Freeman (York, PA/Central York) (WUMT) def. William Smithline/Bowen Xu (NYU) 9-8 (6-5)

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