CENTER VALLEY, PA – The Wilkes University men's tennis team finished its 2017 spring schedule with a pair of wins including concluding its MAC Freedom slate with a perfect record. The Colonels posted a 6-3 win at DeSales University before winning 5-4 against Goucher College at the Ralston Athletic Complex in a split squad match.
 
Wilkes finished the regular season with a 20-3 overall record and a perfect 6-0 mark in MAC Freedom play. The Colonels already clinched the No. 1 seed in next week's MAC Freedom Tournament.
 
In the match at DeSales the Colonels won two of three doubles flights with its only loss coming on a default. Braddock Chow (Glen Cove, NY/Glen Cove) scored a 6-0, 6-0 win playing at the top spot while Chris Maderitz (York, PA/Central York) went 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 for the victory. Gabriel Velez (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) posted a 6-1, 6-2 straight set win at No. 3 and Will Miller (Elmira, NY/Elmira Free Academy) rounded out the Wilkes' singles winners with a 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9) decision at No. 4.
 
Wilkes played its regular lineup in the non-league dual match with Goucher at home taking a 2-1 lead after doubles play. Courtney Murphy (Bronx, NY/Christopher Columbus) and Troy Haas (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman) won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles while Artyom Nabokin (Las Vegas, NV/Danvers) and Jonathan White (Saylorsburg, PA/Pleasant Valley) scored an 8-6 win at No. 3 pairs.
 
Murphy then took his singles match at No. 1 6-3, 6-2 before a win from White at No. 4 6-0, 6-2. Andrew Neidig (Matamoras, PA/Delaware Valley) clinched the match at No. 6 winning 6-1, 6-4.
 
Wilkes will host the same DeSales team on Tuesday in the MAC Freedom semifinals at a time to be determined at the Ralston Athletic Complex.
 
 
Wilkes University 5, Goucher College 4
 
Singles competition:
1. C. Murphy (WUMT) def. Jack Hodges (GOUM) 6-3, 6-2
2. Michael Herman (GOUM) def. A. Nabokin (WUMT) 6-2, 5-7, 10-5
3. Frankie Mullinix (GOUM) def. A. Lefkandinos (WUMT) 6-4, 1-6, 13-11
4. J. White (WUMT) def. Elliot Diehl (GOUM) 6-0, 6-2
5. Slade Dumas (GOUM) def. T. Haas (WUMT) 6-3, 6-1
6. A. Neidig (WUMT) def. Midori Fujitani (GOUM) 6-1, 6-4
 
Doubles competition:
1. C. Murphy/T. Haas (WUMT) def. Michael Herman/Elliot Diehl (GOUM) 8-3
2. Midori Fujitani/Jack Hodges (GOUM) def. A. Lefkandinos/A. Neidig (WUMT) 8-3
3. A. Nabokin/J. White (WUMT) def. Frankie Mullinix/Josiah Meekins (GOUM) 8-6
 
Wilkes University 6, DeSales University 3
 
Singles competition:
1. B. Chow (WUMT) def. Jorey Ferraro (DSUM) 6-0, 6-0
2. C. Maderitz (WUMT) def. Jeffrey Julien (DSUM) 6-0, 6-1
3. G. Velez (WUMT) def. Ben Greb (DSUM) 6-1, 6-2
4. W. Miller (WUMT) def. Josh Ferraro (DSUM) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9)
5. Jake McKinney (DSUM) def. A. Levin (WUMT) 7-5, 6-3
6. Brian Hayhurst (DSUM) def. No player (WUMT), by default
 
Doubles competition:
1. B. Chow/C. Maderitz (WUMT) def. Jorey Ferraro/Jake McKinney (DSUM) 8-2
2. G. Velez/W. Miller (WUMT) def. Josh Ferraro/Jeffrey Julien (DSUM) 8-2
3. Brian Hayhurst/Ben Greb (DSUM) def. No player/No player (WUMT), by default