SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The RIT men's tennis team fell at Skidmore, 8-1, in Liberty League action Sunday.
Senior
Carter Casimir and freshman
Joel Pho lost 8-3 in second doubles to Brendan Jimenez and Zachary Portnoy to give Skidmore a 1-0 lead. Senior
Jake Wolicki and graduate student
Jacob Meyerson fell 8-2 in first doubles to Sergiu Celebidachi and John Rado, before freshmen
Christian Berko and
Grahith Movva took an 8-7 (7-5) win in third doubles over Connor Biernat and Tristan Thiebaut to make it 2-1 heading into singles play.
In singles play, both RIT's first and second singles players fell by 6-3, 6-2 scores with Berko at first singles against Portnoy and Movva at second singles against Rado. Wolicki fell in third singles by 6-1 and 6-2 scores to Celebidachi. In fourth singles, Pho lost 6-2, 6-0, to Jimenez. Freshman
Max Chang fell in fifth singles to Thiebaut, 6-4, 6-2. Casimir dropped a pair of 6-0 sets to Biernat in sixth singles to complete the scoring.
Men's Tennis next hosts Niagara on Tuesday, March 29 at 3 p.m. in a non-conference match at the Gordon Field House.