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Queens and Dowling Ranked in ITA East Region Top Ten

Queens and Dowling Ranked in ITA East Region Top Ten

Central Islip, N.Y. - The Queens College men's tennis team has been ranked second in the East Region and 38th in the nation by the governing body of collegiate tennis, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Dowling, the only other ECC team to earn an East Region ranking, claims the No. 7 spot on the poll.

The Knights have four players ranked in singles in the East Region.  Patryk Polus was ranked seventh, Fabio Minami was ninth, Jesse Smith was ranked twelfth and Dave Burstein was ranked fourteenth.  In doubles, Polus and partner Danilo Hiraoka were ranked seventh while the Smith/Burstein duo claimed the No. 9 spot.

Dowling placed two on the Top 15 singles chart, with Viktor Kim ranked eleventh and Saulo Gonzales ranked thirteenth.  The two teamed up to capture a No. 5 East Region Doubles ranking.

East Region

Team      
Rank School    
1 Concordia College (NY)    
2 Queens College (NY)    
3 hiladelphia University    
4 Bentley College    
5 tonehill College    
6 Merrimack College    
7 Dowling College    
8 University of the Sciences (PA)    
9 Chestnut Hill College    
10 Adelphi University    
       
Singles    
Rank Player School  
1 Alex Grubin Concordia  
2 Andrey Boldarev Concordia  
3 Lorenzo Cava Bentley  
4 Raphael Namias Concordia  
5 Tamas Dobrotka Concordia  
6 Andreas Lindell Concordia  
7 Patryk Polus Queens  
8 Felix Missal Concordia  
9 Fabio Minami Queens  
10 Adrian Torreola Cruz Philadelphia  
11 Viktor Kim Dowling  
12 Jesse Smith Queens  
13 Saulo Gonzalez Dowling  
14 Dave Burstein Queens  
15 Ryan Christopher Philadelphia  
       
Doubles    
Rank Team School  
1 Grubin / Boldarev Concordia  
2 Missal / Namias Concordia  
3 Dobrotka / Lindell Concordia  
4 Torreola Cruz / Burke Philadelphia  
5 Kim / Gonzalez Dowling  
6 Cava / Zarur Bentley  
7 Polus / Hiraoka Queens  
8 Mashkevich / Burke Stonehill  
9 Smith / Burstein Queens  
10 Eppley / Golijanin Merrimack

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