WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. and MADISON, N.J. – The Drew University men's tennis team won a pair of matches in two different states on Thursday.
The defending Landmark Conference champion Rangers opened the day with a 9-0 victory at Lycoming College in their Landmark opener while a separate squad topped Yeshiva University 8-1 in the Simon Forum in non-conference play.
Drew improved to 4-0 with its victories and with its win over Lycoming, which joined the Landmark Conference this season, the Rangers have now won 23 straight regular-season conference matches dating back to the 2018-19 season.
Against Lycoming (0-1), freshman
Joshua Thomas, sophomore
Nicolas Mobayed, freshman
Angad Vohra, senior
Jack Polvere, and freshman
Ty Gelijns all earned two victories.
In doubles, Mobayed and Polvere won 8-3 at No. 1 while Thomas and Vohra prevailed 8-2 at No. 2. Freshman
Ian Michel and Gelijns won 8-4 at No. 3.
The Rangers did not lose in four of its six singles matches, as Thomas (No. 1), Mobayed (No. 2), Vohra (No. 3), and junior
Josh Kline (No. 5) all posted 6-0, 6-0 wins. Polvere contributed a 6-1, 6-0 triumph at No. 4 while Gelijns posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory at No. 6.
Versus Yeshiva (0-1), senior
Avi Perera, sophomore
Jesse Faro, sophomore
Shivi Perera, and senior
Santo Carroccia all captured two victories.
The Rangers earned two points in doubles on wins from
Avi Perera and Faro at No. 1 and Carroccia and
Shivi Perera at No. 2. Both won by an 8-2 count.
Drew went on to capture all six singles matches, getting victories from
Avi Perera at No. 1 (6-2, 6-2), Faro at No. 2 (6-1, 6-1),
Shivi Perera at No. 3 (6-3, 6-2), Carroccia at No. 4 (6-2, 6-3), freshman
Yassine Rahi at No. 5 (6-4, 6-4), and junior
Sergey Kravchenko at No. 6 (5-7, 6-1, 10-1) at No. 6.
Drew closes out its fall schedule Sept. 28-Oct. 1 when it hosts the ITA Division III Northeast Region Championships.