Ewing, NJ – The 20th ranked Lions of The College of New Jersey men's tennis team tallied an impressive home win on Thursday as they beat Haverford College. TCNJ improves to 8-3, while riding a four-match win streak. Haverford drops to 8-4.
#20 The College of New Jersey 7, Haverford 2
Doubles competition
1.
Michael Klimchak/
Roger Mosteller (TCNJ-MEN) def. Evan Stiegel/Tom Kinrade (HAV) 8-6
2.
Jeremy Eckardt/
Eric Ferriere (TCNJ-MEN) def. Marc Adelberg/Marc Rudolph (HAV) 8-2
3.
James Vance/
Jonathan Yu (TCNJ-MEN) def. Hailu Yang/Matt Kokot (HAV) 8-3
Singles competition
1.
Michael Klimchak (TCNJ-MEN) def. Tom Kinrade (HAV) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
2. Stephen Feder (HAV) def.
Eric Ferriere (TCNJ-MEN) 6-4, 6-2
3.
Jeremy Eckardt (TCNJ-MEN) def. Evan Stiegel (HAV) 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
4.
Roger Mosteller (TCNJ-MEN) def. Marc Rudolph (HAV) 6-3, 6-2
5.
Matt Pierson (TCNJ-MEN) def. Hailu Yang (HAV) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
6. Marc Adelberg (HAV) def.
Jonathan Yu (TCNJ-MEN) 6-4, 6-4
Match Notes:
Haverford College 8-4
The College of New Jersey 8-3; National ranking #20
Official: Marvin Hill
TCNJ's seniors Mike Klimchak (Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson) and
Roger Mosteller (Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee) added a win with one another at first doubles. The pair is now 9-3 with one another this spring and has combined to produce a record of 42-11 with one another. They beat HC's junior Thomas Kinrade (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) and junior Evan Stiegel (Sewickley, PA/Sewickley Academy), 8-6.
Klimchak added a three-set win over Kinrade at first singles to improve to 14-8 on the year in singles play and is now 135-40 on his career at TCNJ, while Mosteller who added the win at fourth singles on Thursday as he beat junior Marc Rudolph (Bethesda, MD), 6-3, 6-2. Mosteller now holds a 72-15 career record at TCNJ,
Junior Stephen Feder (Huntingdton Valley, PA/Abington Friends) posted a win over TCNJ's senior
Eric Ferriere (Montague, NJ/Kittatinny) at second singles. Ferriere drops to 12-7 on the year in singles play and then added a win at second doubles in the match as he teamed with sophomore
Jeremy Eckardt (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery) in doubles action. The Lion duo is now 9-3 together this year.