Men's Tennis Gets Win Against St. Thomas Aquinas
SPARKILL, N.Y. - The Thomas Jefferson University men's tennis team (3-2) were able to head up to New York as they faced CACC x ECC opponent St. Thomas Aquinas College (2-2). The Rams were able to walk away with a 4-2 win over the Spartans.
WHAT HAPPENED
The Rams would take the first two wins in doubles, with Mario Antonio and Johary Rabetrano winning in the second spot while Jules Thibault and Antonio Mateos Melenchon won the third position to give Jefferson the first points.
After the Spartans took the lead 2-1 off the fifth and sixth position wins, the Rams were able to take the next three as M. Antonio, Jules Thibault, and Hannibal Borg won in the fourth, second, and first single positions respectively to give Jefferson the win.
DOUBLES
1. Hannibal Borg / Enrique Soto Ballester (JEFF) vs. Ondrej Sramek / Ludovico Truffelli (STAC), 5-4, unfinished
2. Mario Antonio / Johary Rabetrano (JEFF) def. Tobias Fuerschuss / Don Vinz Lominoque (STAC), 6-3
3. Antonio Mateos Melenchon / Jules Thibault (JEFF) def. Seth Newman / Henry Ronnberg (STAC), 6-4
SINGLES
1. Borg (JEFF) def. Lominoque (STAC), 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
2. Thibault (JEFF) def. Fuerschuss (STAC), 7-5, 6-1
3. Soto Ballester (JEFF) vs. Truffelli (STAC), 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 1-4, unfinished
4. Antonio (JEFF) def. Newman (STAC), 6-4, 6-45
5. Sramek (STAC) def. Mateos Melenchon (JEFF), 6-4, 6-0
6. Ronnberg (STAC) def. Rabetrano (JEFF), 6-4, 6-1
UP NEXT
Jefferson will wait for around two weeks before they travel to Lakeland, Florida as they take on Florida Southern College on Saturday, March 9 at 12 p.m.