Flushing, N.Y. – The top-seeded
University of the District of Columbia men’s tennis team
swept doubles play and picked up two quick singles wins to earn an
easy, 5-0 win over No. 4 St. Thomas Aquinas in East Coast
Conference Semifinal action Friday afternoon on the campus of
Queens. The Firebirds return to the ECC Finals for a second
consecutive year where they will face the winner of today’s
second semifinal match between No. 2 Queens and No. 3 NYIT tomorrow
at 12 p.m.
Junior Carlos Quiroga (Electrical Engineering – Valencia,
Venezuela/Maria Montessori) and freshman Simon Bratke avenged a
regular season loss to William Tronsor and Daniel Maysonet back on
March 12th with an 8-3 decision at No. 3 doubles to get the
Firebirds on the board to start the day. Recently named ECC Player
of the Year, Aleksandar Grabovac (Psychology – Ljubljana,
Slovenia/Gimnazija Euro Sola Ljubljana) and sophomore Simon
Andersson then teamed up for an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles, and First
Team All-ECC selections, juniors Ike Kiro (Business Management
– Milnerton Ridge, South Africa/Milnerton Ridge HS) and
Miguel Uzcategui (Electrical Engineering – Valencia,
Venezuela/Colegio Sagrado Corazon) won their ninth straight doubles
match at the No. 2 spot to complete the doubles sweep.
Only needing two singles wins to complete the match victory,
Andersson defeated Daniel Maysonet, 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 4 spot, and
Grabovac downed Stan Magarchenko, 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1. The other four
singles matches were halted at the conclusion of Grabovac’s
match.
Provided by the District of Columbia Sports Information Department.
