The men's tennis team defeated the College of Staten Island, 5-1, in a CUNYAC Championship semifinal match played on Sunday afternoon at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center in Queens.

With the result, the Bearcats raise their record to 14-2 overall and advance to play in Thursday's 5:00 pm championship match against rival Hunter College. The winner will earn CUNYAC's coveted berth to the NCAA Div. III Championship Tournament that will begin on Friday, May 11.

The Bearcats won two of the three doubles and three singles to post the victory. Per postseason rules, the match was halted upon the winning team clinching the fifth point.

For individual results, please read below.

DOUBLES (Baruch 2-1)

#1 Artem Gorbachevskiy & Guy Goren (B) def. Filip Bubalo & Riad Hama (SI), 8-5

#2 Nicholas Zikos & Daniel Ursomanno (SI) def. Stephan Muller & Christopher Jenkins (B), 8-6

#3 Philip Bleustein & Joe Laskowski (B) def. Austin Kapetanakis & Dmitry Vituk (SI) 8-0

SINGLES (Baruch 3-0)

#1 Artem Gorbachevskiy (B) vs. Nicholas Zikos (SI), 6-0, 2-6, 2-3 (UNF)

#2 Guy Goren (B) vs. Filip Bubalo (SI), 6-4, 4-1 (UNF)

#3 Christopher Jenkins (B) def. Filip Bubalo (SI), 6-3, 6-2

#4 Stephan Muller (B) vs. Daniel Ursomanno (SI), 6-4, 4-2 (UNF)

#5 Phillip Bleustein (B) def. Austin Kapetanakis (SI), 6-1, 6-0

#6 Joe Laskowski (B) def. Oscar Wu (SI) 6-0, 6-0 (Forfeit)  

UNF - Denotes unfinished match

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Quarterfinals at Higher Seed (Seeding based on CUNYAC record)
#1 Baruch def. #8 CCNY, 5-0
#2 John Jay def. #7 York 5-0
#3 Hunter def. #6 Lehman, 5-0
#4 Staten Island def. #5 Brooklyn, 5-2

Sunday, April 29, 2012
Semifinals at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
#1 Baruch  def. #4 Staten Island, 5-1
#3 Hunter def. #2 John Jay, 5-2

Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Final at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
#1 Baruch vs #3 Hunter

The Rain Date for the Final is May 5, 2012.