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Box Score 2 MADISON, N.J. - The Drew University men's tennis team continued to roll, posting a Landmark Conference victory at Susquehanna University and a non-conference win over Bard College on Sunday.
The Rangers, who beat Susquehanna 7-2 and Bard 8-1, improved to 12-3 and 4-0 in Landmark Conference action and are now 8-1 since returning from their spring break trip to Hilton Head. In addition, Drew pushed its regular-season winning streak versus conference opponents to 13 and has now won 16 straight overall versus Landmark foes.
At Susquehanna, the Rangers opened the match by sweeping the three doubles matches. Junior
Avi Perera and senior
Bret Schuler won 8-5 at No. 1 while junior
Leo Ambrogio and senior
Dan Blumenthal captured an 8-6 decision at No. 2. Sophomore
Santo Carroccia and junior
John Dickey prevailed in a nailbiter at No. 3, winning 8-7 in a tiebreaker (7-2).
Perera was also a 6-1, 6-2 winner at No. 1 singles. But Drew did the bulk of its damage in singles at the bottom of the lineup, with Carroccia and Ambrogio winning by identical 6-2, 6-2 scores at Nos. 4-5 while Dickey notched a 6-1, 6-2 victory at No. 6.
Back in Madison, the Rangers jumped out to a 2-1 doubles lead, getting wins from senior
Billy MacDonald and sophomore
Jack Polvere at No. 1 (8-2) and senior
Ben Dunlap and freshman
Sergey Kravchenko at No. 2 (8-3).Â
Drew went on to go 6-0 in singles play, with two Rangers grinding out three-set victories. Polvere (No. 1) and Kravchenko (No. 3) each rallied after dropping their opening set, with Polvere winning 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 and Kravchenko prevailing 3-6, 6-4, 10-3. MacDonald also won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 while Dunlap (6-1, 6-0), senior
Brett Philip (6-0, 6-0), and freshman
Owen Reynolds (6-1, 6-1) posted triumphs at Nos. 4-6, respectively.
The Rangers continue their schedule on Wednesday, when they host the University of Scranton at 4 p.m. in a rematch of last season's Landmark Conference championship match.