Williams came out on top of the Naval
Academy on Saturday 8-1. The matches were tight up and down the
ladder but the Ephs managed to secure wins at all the even
positions in the first round.
Will Morris facing Navy #2 Ben Mantica and Ryan Eagan facing Navy
#8 John Richey each won in tough five-gamers. Nick Marks at four
was the only even number to win in straight sets as he displayed
some decisive shot making by finishing all three games with rolling
nicks. Freshman Julian Drobetsky also took care of business at #6
with a 3-1 win.
In the second round, it was junior Jeremy Herrmann winning the
fifth and decisive match in three strong games. Greaves-Tunnell won
in his typical disciplined style. Navy’s Abrams came out of
the gate strong, taking the first game against seasoned Eph Bernard
Yaros. But Yaros’ experience and determination proved too
much for the young Midshipman and he won the next three. Henze also
came out of the gates slow, but rallied and took the second, third
and fourth.
On court one, Buchsbaum dropped to former Lawrenceville teammate
Nils Mattson. It was a hard fought and technically sound match.
Happy with the match the Ephs started preparing for St. Lawrence in
the afternoon.
Williams 8, Navy 1
1. Nils Mattsson (N) def. Ethan Buchsbaum (W) 12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8
2. William Morris (W) def. Ben Mantica (N) 11-8, 5-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7
3. Christian Henze (W) def. Brad Seidel (N) 8-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8
4. Nick Marks (W) def. Justin Langan (N) 11-9, 11-8, 11-4
5. Bernard Yaros (W) def. Billy Abrams (N) 7-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-4
6. Julian Drobetsky (W) def. Hunter Bouchard (N) 11-6, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8
7. Alexander Greaves-Tunnell (W) def. Tommy McNamara (N) 11-6, 11-1, 8-11, 11-7
8. Ryan Eagan (W) def. John Richey (N) 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 11-4
9. Jeremy Herrmann (W) def. David Koenig (N) 11-6, 11-7, 11-5
The Ephs defeated St. Lawrence 9-0 on Saturday. Freshman Jack Ervasti had a decisive win in his first college match in the top 9 against St. Lawrence’s Russel Woeltz. Willimas managed to overcome a determined St. Lawrence side winning 3-0 in every position in the top nine. Sophomores Jared Zuckerman and Aaron Seong both won in 5 at the 10 and 11 positions.
With the wins over Navy and St. Lawrence Zafi Levy's Ephs moved to 5-1 on the year. Overall it was an encouraging weekend. Williams is looking forward to the Trinity match next weekend.
Williams 9, St Lawrence 0
1. Ethan Buchsbaum, W, def. Amay Merchant, SLU 3-0 (11-0, 11-9, 11-4)
2. Will Morris, W def. Scott Phillips, SLU 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-3)
3. Christian Henze, W def. Jermaine Xaba, SLU 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-7)
4. Nick Marks, W, def. Tyler, Stout, SLU 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-3)
5. Bernard Yaros, W def. Nick Pearson, SLU 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-9)
6. Julian Drobetsky, W, def. Mike Badali, SLU 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 12-10)
7. Alec Greaves-Tunnell, W def. Roger Miller, SLU 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-9)
8. Jeremy Herrmann, W def. Ben Ross, SLU 3???0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-5)
9. Jack Ervasti, W def. RUssell Woeltz, SLU 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4)
10. Jared Zuckerman, W def. Adam Pistel, SLU 3-2 (ex) (11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 4-11, 11-8
