Quinnipiac tennis served losses from Bryant

Quinnipiac tennis served losses from Bryant

By Angelique Fiske, QBSN Publishing Editor

The Quinnipiac men’s and women’s tennis teams dropped their matches against the Bryant University Bulldogs with identical scores of 5-2. 

The women’s team (3-6, 1-1 NEC) managed a victory in the No. 3 and No. 4 spots courtesy of Sarah Viebrock (Carmel, N.Y.) and Michelle Dassa (Marlboro, N.J.). 

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Viebrock put together a flawless day in both singles and doubles.  She handed Devlin-Ann Ammendola a one-sided loss by a score of 6-2, 6-1.  Partnering up with Rachel Cantor (Short Hills, N.J.) for doubles action, the pair won over Stephanie Smyers and Lucy Bird 8-3.  Cantor however could not pull the power from the doubles match into her own singles endeavor, falling to Claudia Hildago 7-5, 6-4.

Dassa and May Vickers fought a close match, but the freshman Bobcat come up with the narrow 7-5, 7-6 (4) victory.  The win is Dassa’s fifth personal of the year.

The men’s team (3-7, 1-1 NEC) put up a fight against the Bulldogs (9-4, 2-0 NEC), but its effort was overpowered by the skill of its opponent.  The two Quinnipiac victories in the singles round came sandwiched in the middle of Bryant’s wins.  All of Bryant’s individual victories finished in two sets.

Corey Morgenstern (Old Bethpage, N.Y.) defeated Peter Hart Callahan in the No. 3 slot by a score of 6-3, 6-3.  The victory is Morgenstern’s 12^th of the season.  Morgenstern and partner Alex Lazerowich (Stratham, Mass.) also gave Quinnipiac its only win in the doubles round, defeating Callahan and Zachary Morris 8-5.

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While one Bobcat captured a win in a clean two-set fashion, another scrapped his together competitively.  Quinnipiac No. 4 Eric Ambrosio (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.) rallied from behind after dropping his first set to Ernesto Arguello 6-7 (5-7).  After the tie-breaker for the first set, Ambrosio left nothing to chance taking the second set 6-2.  As the last match to complete action, the pair went to a tie-breaker again with Ambrosio pulling away with the 10-4 lead.

Both teams travel to Hofstra tomorrow afternoon in a non-conference match.