Middlebury, VT …. The College of New Jersey men's tennis captured its opening round match of the 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championship Tournament, defeating Cabrini University, 5-0 on Thursday afternoon.
 
Senior Mike Stanley (Newtown, PA/Council Rock North) posted the clincher, downing Nick Scaramuzza in straight sets 6-0, 6-1 to end the match. The Lions (15-3) advance to play Skidmore on Friday morning at 8:30 a.m., while the Cavaliers finish their season at 11-6.
 
TCNJ swept the doubles competition by a combined score of 24-1. Sophomore Mitchel Sanders (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) and Matt Puig (Allendale, NJ/Northern Highland) ran off eight straight wins to win at first doubles. Stanley and classmate Jack August (Medford, NJ) registered an 8-1 triumph and sophomore Tim Gavornik (Millington, NJ/Watchung Hills) and junior Chris D'Agostino (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery) blanked their opponent, 8-0.
 
D'Agostino rolled to a 6-0. 6-0 win to sew up the first singles match to make it 4-0. Stanley then closed out the opening-round win to send the Lions to their match against the Thoroughbreds.  


Tennis Match Results
Cabrini University vs The College of New Jersey
May 11, 2017 at Middlebury, Vt.
(Proctor Tennis Courts)

The College of New Jersey 5, Cabrini University 0

Singles competition
1. Mitchel Sanders (TCNJM) def. Broadnax, Alijah (CAMT) 5-4 (unfinished)
2. Jack August (TCNJM) def. Jaeger, Sean (CAMT) 6-0, 1-0 (unfinished)
3. LaMantia, Charles (CAMT) vs. Omar Bokhari (TCNJM), 6-1, 0-1 (unfinished)
4. Chris D'Agostino (TCNJM) def. DeMaria, Matthew (CAMT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Tim Gavornik (TCNJM) def. Tilley, Nick (CAMT) 6-0, 3-2 (unfinished)
6. Mike Stanley (TCNJM) def. Scaramuzza, Nick (CAMT) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Mitchel Sanders/Matt Puig (TCNJM) def. Broadnax, Alijah/Jaeger, Sean (CAMT) 8-0
2. Jack August/Mike Stanley (TCNJM) def. LaMantia, Charles/DeMaria, Matthew (CAMT) 8-1
3. Tim Gavornik/Chris D'Agostino (TCNJM) def. Tilley, Nick/Scaramuzza, Nick (CAMT) 8-0

Match Notes:
Cabrini University 11-6
The College of New Jersey 15-3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,6)
NCAA Tournament First-Round Match
TCNJ advances to play Skidmore
T-1:05 A-67