Bronxville, NY - The Concordia College Clippers defeated the Queens College Knights by a score of 5-2 to claim the 2009 East Coast Conference Men's Tennis Championships at Meyers Tennis Center today.
The Concordia Clippers held a 2-1 edge after doubles play. Alex Grubin and Andrey Boldarev teamed up to claim a win at the No. 1 doubles defeating Patryk Polus and Fabio Minami 8-4. The Knights lone doubles victory was at the No. 2 spot with James Preston and Danilo Hiraoka defeating Victory Kim and Karim Belhadj 8-4. Henning Ruenz and Richard Malobicky claimed an 8-2 win over David Burstein and Jesse Smith in No. 3 doubles.
Once again Queens was able to take just one match in singles play with Smith defeating Belhadj in No. 4 singles action. However, the Clippers would take both the No. 5 and No. 6 to seal the Championship win.
Both teams will advance to the NCAA Regional Tournament.
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Concordia |
Queens |
Winner |
Score |
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1 S |
Alex Grubin |
Patryk Polus |
DNF |
6-2, DNF |
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2 S |
Andrey Boldarev |
Fabio Minami |
DNF |
6-1, DNF |
|
3 S |
Richard Malobicky |
David Burstein |
Concordia |
6-1, 6-1 |
|
4 S |
Karim Belhadj |
Jesse Smith |
Queens |
6-3, 6-1 |
|
5 S |
Victor Kim |
James Preston |
Concordia |
6-4, 7-5 |
|
6 S |
Henning Ruenz |
Danilo Hiraoka |
Concordia |
6-1, 6-1 |
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1 D |
Boldarev/Grubin |
Polus/Minami |
Concordia |
8-4 |
|
2 D |
Kim/Belhadj |
Preston/Hiraoka |
Queens |
8-4 |
|
3 D |
Ruenz/Malobicky |
Burstein/Smith |
Concordia |
8-2 |
