Men's Tennis Finishes Second in CUNYAC Championship

The men's tennis team suffered a very competitive and five hour 5-4 championship match loss to Hunter College on Saturday afternoon at the CSI Tennis Complex in Staten Island, New York.

The two rivals, which have a long history of playing arduous and marathon type matches, did it again today with Hunter pulling out the 5-4 win.

The Bearcats started losing two of three doubles and then narrowly lost three of the six singles for the 5-4 scoreline.

The team finishes the season with a 12-4 record. They have either won or finished second in the CUNYAC Championship during nine of the past 10 years.

For a complete list of results, please read below.

DOUBLES
1. Gonzalo Saez Garcia/Florimond Le Goupil (H) def. Hugo Castalan/Leonard Margolis (B) 8-5
2. Carlos Sala/David Joseph (H) def. Lewis Pena/David Alabo (B) 8-5
3. Samuel Hajibai/Dardan Sopjani (B) def. Filip Koritysskiy/Rudy St. Louis (H) 8-0

SINGLES
1. Gonzalo Saez Garcia (H) def. Hugo Castalan (B) 6-3, 7-5
2. Carlos Sala (H) def. Lewis Pena (B) 6-0, 6-1
3. Florimond Le Goupil (H) def. Max Navarro (B) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
4. Leonard Margolis (B) def. David Joseph (H) 6-0, 6-3
5. David Alabo (B) def. Filip Koritysskiy (H) 6-4, 6-1
6. Dardan Sopjani (B) def. Rudy St. Louis (H) 6-2, 6-2

TOURNAMENT RESULTS
At Higher Seeds
Wednesday, April 27
#3 John Jay defeated #6 Brooklyn, 5-1

Friday, April 29
#2 Baruch defeated #7 York, 5-1
#5 Lehman defeated #4 Staten Island, 5-2

Semifinals
Wednesday, May 4 (at Lehman)
#1 Hunter defeated #5 Lehman, 5-0
Thursday, May 5 (at College of Staten Island)
#2 Baruch defeated #3 John Jay, 5-0

Championship (at College of Staten Island)
Saturday, May 7
#1 Hunter defeated #2 Baruch, 5-4

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