Box Score

After a slow start in doubles, the Fairleigh Dickinson men's tennis team could not get out of its early deficit, falling by a 6-1 score to Columbia on Friday afternoon at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center in New York , NY.

The highlight of the day for the Knights (2-3) came courtesy of junior Mark Hemy (Suffolk, England/Ipswich School), who picked up his first singles win of the spring campaign by a score of 7-6 (3), 6-3 at No. 6 singles over Columbia's Rajeev Deb-Sen. Hemy has played in other highly contested matches this spring, including taking Lehigh's Dan Goldblum to a decisive third set earlier this month.

The Lions (6-2) earned the doubles point by taking all three matches. The No. 2 doubles pairing of Yuri Gricheno (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Amorim) and Dominic Hemy (Suffolk, England/Ipswich School), as well as Peter Skvarka (Banska Bystrica, Slovakia/Gymnazium J.G. Tajovskeho) and Mark Hemy (Suffolk, England/Ipswich School) kept their matches close before falling by 8-5 scores.

Moving to singles play, the Knights fell at the top five spots with Gricheno having the tightest match of the defeats, a 7-5, 6-3 setback at No. 3 singles.

“The guys played hard,” Head Coach Ira Miller said. “We're getting ready for Princeton.”

The Knights will look to rebound against the Princeton Tigers on Sunday, Feb. 26, in Princeton, NJ at 4 p.m.

Doubles
1.       Max Schnur/Ashok Narayana (CU) def. Ibrahim Shams (Cairo, Egypt/Manor House)/Marco Jemersic (Zagreb, Croatia/X Gimnazija Ivan Supek) (FDU), 8-1
2.       Winston Lin/Bert Vancura (CU) def. Yuri Gricheno (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Amorim)/Dominic Hemy (Suffolk, England/Ipswich School) (FDU), 8-5
3.       Ian Laster/Cyril Bucher (CU) def. Peter Skvarka (Banska Bystrica, Slovakia/Gymnazium J.G. Tajovskeho) /Mark Hemy (Suffolk, England/Ipswich School) (FDU), 8-5
Singles
1.       Lin (CU) def. Shams (FDU), 6-1, 6-1
2.       Narayana (CU) def. Berzins (FDU), 6-3, 6-1
3.       Vancura (CU) def. Gricheno (FDU, 7-5, 6-3
4.       John Yutimoglu (CU) def. D. Hemy (FDU), 6-1, 6-2
5.       Tizian Bucher (CU) def. Skvarka (FDU), 6-2, 6-2
6.       M. Hemy (FDU) def. Rajeev Deb-Sen (CU), 7-6 (3), 6-3