Orangeburg, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Tennis team continued its perfect campaign, shutting out Manhattanville College 7-0 on Saturday evening at Match Point Tennis Club.
STAC opened things up with a dominant performance in doubles play, taking three straight matchups to secure the team doubles point. The duo of Ludovico Truffelli and Alberto Espinosa Navarro cruised to a 6-0 victory at No. 3, followed by Tobias Fuerschuss and Don Vinz Lominoque taking another 6-0 win at the No. 1 position. Ondrej Sramek and Ivan Laiz closed things out with a 6-1 triumph.
Once the Spartans secured the doubles point, there was no turning back. St. Thomas Aquinas jumped right into singles play, taking all six singles matches from Manhattanville to secure a win on the day. Ondrej Sramek started the victory spree in the No. 3 slot, taking a 6-0, 6-1 victory from Weston Goodwin. Lennart Lehmann followed the trend taking a 6-1, 6-0 victory in the No. 2 slot from Luis Gonzalez to give the maroon and gold a commanding 3-0 lead roughly halfway through the afternoon. Don Vinz Lominoque took a 6-1, 6-1 win from Shiel Loganadan in the No. 4 spot to clinch the overall team victory, opening the door for No.6 Alberto Espinosa Navarro (Win: 6-0, 6-0), No. 5 Ivan Laiz (Win: 6-1, 6-1) and No. 1 Odysseas Papaioannou (Win: 6-0, 6-2) to keep the shutout victory intact.
Don Vinz Lominoque, Ondrej Sramek, Ivan Laiz and Alberto Espinosa Navarro all went 2-0 on the day, winning both their doubles and singles matches.
STAC 7/MANHATTANVILLE 0 - OFFICIAL RESULTS
Order of Finish: 3, 1*, 2
SINGLES
2. Lennart Lehmann (STAC) def. Luis Gonzalez (MAN) 6-1, 6-0
3. Ondrej Sramek (STAC) def. Weston Goodwin (MAN) 6-0, 6-1
4. Don Vinz Lominoque (STAC) def. Shiel Loganadan (MAN) 6-1, 6-1
5. Ivan Laiz (STAC) def. Dylan Crowley (MAN) 6-1, 6-1
6. Alberto Espinosa Navarro (STAC) def. Derwin Guzman (MAN) 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 4*, 6, 5, 1
"I was pleased with the team's performance tonight as we were sharp and remained focused from the warmup until the last point", stated Coach Dan Rockhill.
"I am happy for Vinz as he was awarded today's Most Impactful Player of the match. He has put together a run of good practices and his results are showing his hard work and preparation. We are asking him to do things differently and develop new habits, which is not always easy to do, especially for a freshman. He has an extremely high ceiling and he is starting to break through."
"Manhattanville is going to be fine this year", remarked Rockhill. "They have a good chance to repeat as conference champions and qualify for the NCAA tournament in May".
"We now have two weeks to prepare for our Florida trip. I know the team is looking forward to the competition but we have a lot to do to be ready for the challenge."
UP NEXT
STAC now prepares for its four match, Florida spring break trip which gets underway on Monday, March 13 (9:00 a.m.) with Niagara University.