EDGEWATER, N.J. – The Manhattanville College men's tennis team completed its second match in two days to begin the spring season Sunday afternoon, Feb. 24, but suffered a tough loss with a shorthanded lineup on the road at future Skyline Conference opponent Yeshiva University by a score of 6-3.
 
Doubles got underway first and, after dropping the first flight match, the Valiants' No. 2 and 3 pairs put up competitive efforts, but the duos of junior Alex Fleischman (Riverside, Conn./King) and freshman Nick Schlapak (Dover, N.H./Dover) and rookies Dylan Crowley (Pelham, N.Y./Pelham Memorial) and Nick Borden, respectively, each fell 8-4.
 
In singles play, despite dropping the first two matches at third and sixth singles to officially fall in the match, the Valiants won three of the final four to close out the afternoon on a high note. The first individual match win of the spring since the program's reinstatement went to Fleischman, who topped his Macabee foe in three tough sets, 4-6, 6-4 and 10-8 in the tiebreak. Fellow junior Juan Huertas (Bogotá, Colombia/La Salle (H.S.) (Calif.)) was next to finish at No. 1 singles and topped his opponent from Yeshiva in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6. Schlapak was the last Valiant to emerge victorious as the rookie bested his opposition in two hard-fought sets as well, 7-6, 6-3.
 
FULL RESULTS
Doubles
No. 1 – Aaron Cohen/Lior Brik (YU) def. Alvaro de la Plaza (Malaga, Spain/Homeschooled (Laurel Springs, Calif.))/Juan Huertas (Bogotá, Colombia/La Salle (H.S.) (Calif.)) (MVL), 8-2
No. 2 – Mikey Ozery/Amram Wahnon (YU) def. Alex Fleischman (Riverside, Conn./King)/Nick Schlapak (Dover, N.H./Dover) (MVL), 8-4
No. 3 – Avidan Rudansky/Ezra Rudansky (YU) def. Dylan Crowley (Pelham, N.Y./Pelham Memorial)/Nick Borden (MVL), 8-4
Singles
No. 1 – Juan Huertas (Bogotá, Colombia/La Salle (H.S.) (Calif.)) (MVL) def. Aaron Cohen (YU), 6-4, 7-6
No. 2 – Alex Fleischman (Riverside, Conn./King) (MVL) def. Lior Brik (YU), 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
No. 3 – Avidan Rudansky (YU) def. Nick Bordon (MVL), 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 – Nick Schlapak (Dover, N.H./Dover) (MVL) def. Amram Wahnon (YU), 7-6, 6-3
No. 5 – Alex Kalb (YU) def. Dylan Crowley (Pelham, N.Y./Pelham Memorial) (MVL), 3-6, 6-3, 10-3
No. 6 – Yoni Sacknovizt (YU) def. Jaime Peredo (Uruapan, México/Instituto Morelos) (MVL), 6-2, 6-0
 
Manhattanville will now take nearly two weeks off before its next match. The Valiants will host Lehman College for the spring home-opening match at the Manhattanville Tennis Courts in Purchase, N.Y., Saturday, March 9, at 1:00 p.m.