PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville University men's tennis team is headed back to the Skyline Conference Championship finals as the top-seeded Valiants defeated No. 4 Yeshiva 4-0 in the semifinal round on Wednesday afternoon. Manhattanville advances to take on No. 2 Farmingdale State on Friday, heading to the championship finals for the fifth time in the last six years.
Manhattanville got the sweep started with the Valiants' top pairing of
Elouan Charretteur (Fontainebleau, France/Lycée International Francois Premier 1er) and
Kazuma Kato (Nerima, Tokyo, Japan/Aioi Gakuin) blanking Israel Bussu and Aidan Stephen 6-0 on the show court. A short while after,
Thomas Jouanneau (Luneville, France/Lycee Arago) and
Derwin Guzman (Bronx, N.Y./Frederick Douglass Academy) notched a 6-3 win over Matan Kamhi and Jack Radinsky in No. 2s to nab the doubles point.
Nicholas Gervasi (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/Epsom College) and
Sami Badre-Hume (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bay Ridge Prep) led Jacob Feit and Akiva Gelernter 5-4 in the unfinished No. 3 doubles draw.
The Valiants earned the win with victories in the top three singles matchups. Charretteur was the first to finish, defeating Bussu 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 3 slot. Kato then took the win in No. 2s over Feit, 6-2, 6-4, before Jouanneau defeated Kamhi for the match-winner, 6-4, 6-0.
In the unfinished flights, Guzman dropped the opening set in No. 4s to Stephen 2-6 before leading the second, 4-1. Gervasi took his opening set against Gelernter 6-4 and fell in the second 3-6 when the match came to an end, while Badre-Hume defeated Radinsky 7-5 in the first set on court 6 and was trailing 2-3 in the second.
Up Next
The Valiants play for a championship on Friday at 1 p.m., hosting Farmingdale in the title match between the conference's top two seeds.
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