COBLESKILL MEN’S TENNIS DROPS SUNY DELHI 6-3 IN MVC OPENER

The SUNY Cobleskill men’s tennis team took to the road on Tuesday traveling to Delhi, NY to open the Mountain Valley Conference season versus the Broncos of SUNY Delhi. Coming off Monday’s home victory over NJCAA Region XXI power Holyoke Community College, the Fighting Tigers once again displayed balance in singles play and improved proficiency in the doubles slots on their way to a 6-3 victory over their conference rivals. Cobleskill improves to 2-0 overall on the season with a 1-0 mark in MVC play.

Freshman Jeremy McMichael, Binghamton, NY, Susquehanna High School, started the onslaught at the number two singles spot winning in straight sets by scores of 6-3 and 6-2 while senior co-captain Greg Klopfer, Voorheesville, NY, Voorheesville High School, also took his number three singles match in straight sets by scores of 6-1 and 6-2. At the number four singles spot freshman Zak Kraehmer, Wallkill, NY, Wallkill High School, was a straight set winner by scores of 6-1 and 6-2 complimented by a straight set win at the number five singles position by senior Andy Crane, Exeter, ME, Dexter Regional High School, who took his match by scores of 6-4 and 6-3.

For the second consecutive day the Fighting Tigers closed the competition out in doubles play as the first doubles tandem of senior John Hazelton, Greenville, NY, Greenville High School, and Jeremy McMichael won by a score of 8-4 and the second doubles team of Greg Klopfer and Zak Kraehmer took home an 8-2 victory.

“Once again I’m extremely pleased with the way we played today and this was an important win for us in terms of the Mountain Valley Conference and our Region III positioning,” said Fighting Tiger Head Coach Scott Hill. “I like the way that we contested every point today and how we are playing positional tennis at this stage of the season. I think that, once again, people saw that the work that we’ve put into our doubles play is paying off and that we have some excellent athleticism in the middle of our line-up this year.”

Cobleskill will take to the road again on Saturday April 5th when they travel to Holyoke, MA to meet Holyoke Community College beginning at 1:00 PM.