Men’s Tennis Open 2010 With Conference Win

March 27, 2010

Senior Casey Dahlstrom won both of his matches.

Senior Casey Dahlstrom won both of his matches.

The Keuka men’s tennis team began its 2010 season with a huge 5-4 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) win over the visiting Nittany Lions of Penn State-Harrisburg on Saturday.  Harrisburg slips to 3-5 overall.

The Storm won two of the three doubles matches and then split the six singles matches.  In doubles, junior Patrick Barker (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads) and senior Casey Dahlstrom (Grand Island, N.Y./Grand Island) won the top flight by a score of 8-5 while newcomers Kyle Stephens (Odessa, N.Y./Odessa-Montour) and Kyle Rivera (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads) won the third flight by a score of 9-7.

In singles, Barker won the top flight in three sets (4-6, 6-2, 6-3) while Dahlstrom also took three sets (6-2, 6-7, 6-0) to win the fourth flight.  Senior Ryan Ellingworth (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Grimes) won the sixth flight (7-5, 7-5).

Keuka will next take on Roberts Wesleyan College on Tuesday, April 6 on the road beginning at 3 pm.

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