2008 Woodie Awards
Men's tennis team beats top-15 team in region for second straight week
Nate Fields
Issue date: 2/15/07 Section: Sports
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A week after head men's tennis coach Tim Smith called his team's weekend performance against Dartmouth and Stony Brook the best he has seen his team play, the Foxes put on yet another impressive showing, downing visiting Binghamton 4-3 Saturday.
Coach Tim Smith said this was another impressive win for the team.
"This is the second week in a row we've beaten a team in the top 15 in our region of 84 teams," Smith said.
The Foxes and Bearcats split six singles and two doubles matches down the middle, with Marist's second doubles team of senior Ray Josephs and junior Greg Marks winning the deciding match 9-8 (8-6). The pair downed Binghamton's Pierre Clavel and Jon Bonnet to give Marist its second consecutive dual victory of the still young spring season.
In singles action, senior Pedro Genovese fell at the hands of Faisal Mohamed in a hard-fought match at first singles, 6-4, 7-5. Smith said Genovese is still a work in progress.
"I don't feel he is playing at the level he can and should," Smith said of Genovese. "He is a senior and the most experienced player on our team, and I'm looking forward to his continuing improvement."
Freshman Loic Sessagesimi of Switzerland and classmate Christian Coley both picked up victories in second and third singles, respectively. Sessagesimi dominated Clavel at second singles 6-0, 6-1, continuing his exceptional rookie campaign. Coley, who sat out the fall season with an injury, split his first two sets with Binghamton's Alex Dobrin by scores of 6-2, 4-6, before picking up the win with a 6-4 victory in the third set.
The Foxes' other singles win came from senior Federico Rolon at sixth singles, where he disposed of David Schneider 6-2, 6-1.
Marks fell to Bonnet 6-4, 6-3 at fourth singles, and Josephs, who Smith calls the "Mail Man," retired after a first set 7-6 loss to Reina Kohtake in order to nurse an arm injury.
"[Josephs] realized the match had already been won," Smith said. "His arm was hurting and he wanted to save it for future matches. I'm sure if we needed him, the Mail Man would have come through."
The Foxes have a two and a half week break before they travel to Jersey City, looking for their third dual match victory of the spring, and second MAAC victory of the overall season, taking on St. Peter's.
Coach Tim Smith said this was another impressive win for the team.
"This is the second week in a row we've beaten a team in the top 15 in our region of 84 teams," Smith said.
The Foxes and Bearcats split six singles and two doubles matches down the middle, with Marist's second doubles team of senior Ray Josephs and junior Greg Marks winning the deciding match 9-8 (8-6). The pair downed Binghamton's Pierre Clavel and Jon Bonnet to give Marist its second consecutive dual victory of the still young spring season.
In singles action, senior Pedro Genovese fell at the hands of Faisal Mohamed in a hard-fought match at first singles, 6-4, 7-5. Smith said Genovese is still a work in progress.
"I don't feel he is playing at the level he can and should," Smith said of Genovese. "He is a senior and the most experienced player on our team, and I'm looking forward to his continuing improvement."
Freshman Loic Sessagesimi of Switzerland and classmate Christian Coley both picked up victories in second and third singles, respectively. Sessagesimi dominated Clavel at second singles 6-0, 6-1, continuing his exceptional rookie campaign. Coley, who sat out the fall season with an injury, split his first two sets with Binghamton's Alex Dobrin by scores of 6-2, 4-6, before picking up the win with a 6-4 victory in the third set.
The Foxes' other singles win came from senior Federico Rolon at sixth singles, where he disposed of David Schneider 6-2, 6-1.
Marks fell to Bonnet 6-4, 6-3 at fourth singles, and Josephs, who Smith calls the "Mail Man," retired after a first set 7-6 loss to Reina Kohtake in order to nurse an arm injury.
"[Josephs] realized the match had already been won," Smith said. "His arm was hurting and he wanted to save it for future matches. I'm sure if we needed him, the Mail Man would have come through."
The Foxes have a two and a half week break before they travel to Jersey City, looking for their third dual match victory of the spring, and second MAAC victory of the overall season, taking on St. Peter's.
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