Hawks Roll Past Hunter 6-1

NEW PALTZ, NY — New Paltz men’s tennis improved to 7-4 Wednesday with a 6-1 win over Hunter College.

The Hawks continued to play well against their opposition in doubles as they swept all three matches.

In #1 doubles, Tiby Taran (Brooklyn, NY) and Brad Breakstone (Mount Kisco, NY) evened their record at 4-4 on the year with an 8-2 win over Lev Slootsky and Vince Salomson. Nick Finger (Glenmont, NY) and Bobby Calise (East Islip, NY) upped their season record to 6-5 in #2 doubles with an 8-4 win over Bill Murtha and Zhibin Ye and in #3 doubles, Josh Greenspan (North Babylon, NY) and Jason Letts (Colebrook, NH) continued to roll with an 8-0 win. The duo now stands at 5-2 for the season.

In singles play, Breakstone, Calise, Greenspan and Brian Palmenteri (Howard Beach, NY) all won in straight sets and Taran won in three.

Singles: 1) Taran (NP) defeated Murtha (H) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6. 2) Breakstone (NP) defeated Slootsky (H) 6-4, 7-5. 3) Salomson (H) defeated Finger (NP) 6-3, 6-1. 4) Calise (NP) defeated Jay Salazar (H) 6-0, 6-0. 5) Palmenteri (NP) defeated Ye (H) 6-2, 6-3. 6) Greenspan (NP) defeated Boris Shenderovich (H) 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: 1) Taran/Breakstone (NP) defeated Slootsky/Salomson (H) 8-2. 2) Finger/Calise (NP) defeated Murtha/Ye (H) 8-4. 3) Greenspan/Letts (NP) defeated Salazar/Shenderovich (H) 8-0.