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Lions shutout NYU in men's tennis

Senior Mike Klimchak was a winner for the Lions twice on Wednesday.

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey's men's tennis team hosted regional opponent New York University on Wednesday. TCNJ would collect a 9-0 victory to improve to 2-0, while NYU drops to 1-4.

TCNJ 9-0 NYU
Doubles competition

1. Michael Klimchak/Roger Mosteller (TCNJ-MEN) def. Eugene Tsarevskiy/Brett Levin (NYUM) 8-5
2. Eric Ferriere/Jeremy Eckardt (TCNJ-MEN) def. Calvin Chou/Phillip Rosenstein (NYUM) 8-2
3. Matt Pierson/Jonathan Yu (TCNJ-MEN) def. Mikhail Gurevich/P.J. Marranca (NYUM) 8-3

Singles competition
1. Michael Klimchak (TCNJ-MEN) def. Mikhail Gurevich (NYUM) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
2. Matt Pierson (TCNJ-MEN) def. Calvin Chou (NYUM) 6-1, 6-2
3. Jeremy Eckardt (TCNJ-MEN) def. Brett Levin (NYUM) 6-4, 6-1
4. Eric Ferriere (TCNJ-MEN) def. Eugene Tsarevskiy (NYUM) 6-1, 6-0
5. Roger Mosteller (TCNJ-MEN) def. P.J. Marranca (NYUM) 6-2, 6-0
6. Jonathan Yu (TCNJ-MEN) def. Phillip Rosenstein (NYUM) 6-4, 6-2

Match Notes:
New York University 1-4 The College of New Jersey 2-0; National ranking #25
Official: Marvin Hill

TCNJ took all three of the doubles matches and went into the singles action with a 3-0 lead en route to the 9-0 win. TCNJ's senior tri-captain Eric Ferriere (Montague, NJ/Kittatinny) added a win at No. 4 singles to improve to 8-3 this season and is now 58-16 on his singles career at TCNJ. He also teamed at No. 2 doubles with sophomore Jeremy Eckardt (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery) for an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles in the match. Ferriere now boasts a career record of 102-32.

TCNJ's senior tri-captain Roger Mosteller (Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee) added two wins as well with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over NYU's P.J. Marranca (West Pittston, PA/Wyoming Seminary). He teamed at first doubles with senior tri-captain Mike Klimchak (Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson) to collect an 8-5 win over NYU's Brett Levin (Lo Jolla, CA/San Diego Academy) and sophomore Eugene Tsarevskiy (Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn Tech) to record their second win on the season (2-0), while upping their lifetime record with one another to 35-8.

TCNJ's rookie Jonathan Yu (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) was a winner at No. 6 singles, besting NYU's freshman Philip Rosenstein (England), 6-4, 6-2, while teaming at third doubles with classmate, Matt Pierson (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery) for an 8-3 victory.

The Lions return to action on March 10 facing the University of Redlands in California.
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