Wilkes Men's Tennis Downs King's 6-0 in Rain-Shortened Match
WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men's tennis team took all three doubles flights before claiming three singles matches on way to a 6-0 victory over cross-town rival King's College in a rain-shortened match on Wednesday afternoon at the Kirby Park courts.
Wilkes moved to 16-3 overall and a perfect 5-0 in MAC Freedom matches following the road win.
Courtney Murphy (Bronx, NY/Christopher Columbus) and
Troy Haas (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman) took a tightly-contested match at No. 1 doubles 9-7 before
Adam Lefkandinos (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North)/
Andrew Neidig (Matamoras, PA/Delaware Valley) and
Jonathan White (Saylorsburg, PA/Pleasant Valley)/
Artyom Nabokin (Las Vegas, NV/Danvers) made easy work of their pairs matches at No. 2 and No. 3 winning 8-0 and 8-1.
Lefkandinos took his singles match 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3 before White won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 to clinch the victory. Neidig claimed a 6-0, 6-0 straight set win at No. 6 before the rains came in to end the match early due to wet court conditions.
Wilkes is back in action tomorrow (Thursday) hosting Keystone College in a non-league match scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at the Ralston Athletic Complex.
Wilkes University 6, King's College 0
Singles competition:
1. Nathan Carl (KINGSMT) vs. C. Murphy (WUMT) 4-6, unfinished
2. Tyler Millan (KINGSMT) vs. A. Nabokin (WUMT) 1-6, 2-0, unfinished
3. A. Lefkandinos (WUMT) def. Luke Whitenight (KINGSMT) 6-2, 6-1
4. J. White (WUMT) def. Terry Briggs (KINGSMT) 6-1, 6-0
5. Josh Mesaris (KINGSMT) vs. T. Haas (WUMT) 3-6, unfinished
6. A. Neidig (WUMT) def. Ryan Kopishke (KINGSMT) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition:
1. C. Murphy/T. Haas (WUMT) def. Nathan Carl/Tyler Millan (KINGSMT) 9-7
2. A. Lefkandinos/A. Neidig (WUMT) def. Luke Whitenight/Josh Mesaris (KINGSMT) 8-0
3. J. White/A. Nabokin (WUMT) def. Terry Briggs/Tyler Tuck (KINGSMT) 8-1