2008 Woodie Awards
Tennis sweeping up in the GNAC
Jonathan Schwab
Issue date: 4/13/06 Section: Sports
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The Emerson men's tennis team took a step forward last week, getting its first two sweeps of the season.
On April 1, the Lions hosted Albertus Magnus College and won all nine of the matches played.
One week later, they repeated the feat at Norwich University, again winning 9-0. The team's record now stands at 5-0 on the season.
In each of the nine-match contests prior to Saturday's, the Lions, champions of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) regular season and tournament for the past two years, lost at least two matches.
Head Coach Keith Warner explained one of the reasons for his team's recent surge of success.
"[Albertus Magnus] was one of the few matches that we've had our whole squad," he said.
When they traveled to Norwich, however, the Lions faced the challenge of having just six of 10 players in attendance.
Two of the six regular singles players, sophomores Oliver Boyer-Masutti and Robby Gardner, were unable to attend the match because of other commitments, and junior Randy Sollenberger, a frequent doubles player, could not make it either.
Despite these setbacks, Emerson stepped up and claimed the 9-0 victory, the second in as many contests.
Senior Michael Huddleston cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory at the top singles spot.
Sophomore Aman Kapur dominated his match at No. 2 singles, winning, 6-0, 6-1. Kapur's performance gave Warner reason to name him the team's player of the week.
"The guy's playing great, playing on all cylinders," Warner said.
Kapur said the team has improved its level of play lately for a couple of reasons.
"The whole team has been serving well," said Kapur. "We all have a lot of confidence."
The No. 3 singles match went to junior T.J. Czypruna in three sets (3-6, 6-1, 6-2).
Stepping in at No. 5 singles was freshman Ben Thompson. Thompson's match took three sets, as he won the first set (6-3), and then lost the second set in a 7-4 tiebreaker before bouncing back to take the third set (6-3).
On April 1, the Lions hosted Albertus Magnus College and won all nine of the matches played.
One week later, they repeated the feat at Norwich University, again winning 9-0. The team's record now stands at 5-0 on the season.
In each of the nine-match contests prior to Saturday's, the Lions, champions of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) regular season and tournament for the past two years, lost at least two matches.
Head Coach Keith Warner explained one of the reasons for his team's recent surge of success.
"[Albertus Magnus] was one of the few matches that we've had our whole squad," he said.
When they traveled to Norwich, however, the Lions faced the challenge of having just six of 10 players in attendance.
Two of the six regular singles players, sophomores Oliver Boyer-Masutti and Robby Gardner, were unable to attend the match because of other commitments, and junior Randy Sollenberger, a frequent doubles player, could not make it either.
Despite these setbacks, Emerson stepped up and claimed the 9-0 victory, the second in as many contests.
Senior Michael Huddleston cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory at the top singles spot.
Sophomore Aman Kapur dominated his match at No. 2 singles, winning, 6-0, 6-1. Kapur's performance gave Warner reason to name him the team's player of the week.
"The guy's playing great, playing on all cylinders," Warner said.
Kapur said the team has improved its level of play lately for a couple of reasons.
"The whole team has been serving well," said Kapur. "We all have a lot of confidence."
The No. 3 singles match went to junior T.J. Czypruna in three sets (3-6, 6-1, 6-2).
Stepping in at No. 5 singles was freshman Ben Thompson. Thompson's match took three sets, as he won the first set (6-3), and then lost the second set in a 7-4 tiebreaker before bouncing back to take the third set (6-3).
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