York College

STATEN ISLAND, NY— The York College tennis team was eliminated in the first round of the CUNY Athletic Conference Championships Tuesday falling to the top seed, the College of Staten Island, 5-0.

Staten Island took three points in the doubles, dropping just one game in three matches combined.  York then dropped third and fourth singles to end the match.

Despite the loss, York's season is not over.  They will visit St. Joseph's College (LI) on May 5 at 4:00 p.m. in a non-conference match. 

Staten Island advances to the semi-finals and will meet Baruch College on Thursday at 4:00 p.m.

Results

Singles competition

1. Mark Greene (YORK) vs. Anton Vilinskiy (CSI) no result

2. Hugo D'Oliveira (YORK) vs. Riad Hamai (CSI) no result

3. Joe Taranto (CSI) def. Esteban Ruiz (YORK) 6-2, 6-0

4. Gary Ambartsumov (CSI) def. Kenan Kajtezovic (YORK) 6-0, 6-3

5. Luis Herrera (YORK) vs. Robert Hargraves (CSI) no result

6. Roque Reyes (YORK) vs. Tom Pack (CSI) no result

Doubles competition

1. Riad Hamai/Joe Taranto (CSI) def. Mark Greene/Kenan Kajtezovic (YORK) 8-0

2. Anton Vilinskiy/Gary Ambartsumov (CSI) def. Luis Herrera/Esteban Ruiz (YORK) 8-0

3. Joseph Clearly/Robert Hargraves (CSI) def. Hugo D'Oliveira/Roque Reyes (YORK) 8-1