April 26, 2008

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The No. 4 seeded Boston University men's tennis team fell, 4-0, to No. 1 seeded Binghamton in the America East tournament semifinals on Saturday morning on Yale's campus.

The Bearcats won at first, fourth and fifth singles after picking up the doubles point by winning all three doubles matches. Junior Charles Weinstein (Los Lunas, N.M.) had extended his third singles match and was winning 1-0 in the third when his match was called due to the team match being decided.

In the loss to Stony Brook, the Seawolves earned the doubles point and three singles matches. Sophomore Jeff Chudacoff (Highland Park, Ill.) picked up BU's only win, against Ivan Rummel, at second singles.

BINGHAMTON RESULTS

Singles

1. Faisal Mohamed (Bing) d. Giulio Galloratti (BU) 6-2, 6-0

2. Sven Vloengraven (Bing) led Jeff Chudacoff (BU) 6-3, 5-1

3. Sebastian Dietz (Bing) led Charles Weinstein (BU) 6-0, 4-6, 1-0

4. Gregoire Berner (Bing) d. Miron Nissim (BU) 6-1, 6-2

5. Alex Dobrin (Bing) d. Hans Sapra (BU) 6-3, 6-1

6. Jon Bonnet (Bing) led Phil DeMeo (BU) 6-2, 2-4

Doubles

1. Mohammad/Berner (Bing) def. Chudacoff/Weinstein (BU) 8-3

2. Dietz/Vloengraven (Bing) def. Galloratti/DeMeo (BU) 8-0

3. Arnav Jain/Moshe Levy (Bing) def. Nissim/Daniel Frid (BU) 8-1

STONY BROOK RESULTS

Singles

1. Artem Baradach (BU) def. Giulio Galloratti (BU) 6-2, 6-1

2. Jeff Chudacoff (BU) def. Ivan Rummel (SBU) 2-3 (default)

3. Ilan Shvartz (SBU) def. Miron Nissim (BU) 6-0, 6-1

4. Youssef Fassi-Fehri (SBU) def. Tim Sichler (BU) 6-4, 6-1

5. Patrick Baldoch (SBU) led Phil DeMeo (BU) 6-2, 3-1 (DNF)

6. Will (SBU) led Daniel Frid (BU) 6-3, 4-2 (DNF)

Doubles

1. Fassi-Fehri/Shvartz (SBU) vs. Chudacoff/Weinstein (BU) 7-7 (DNF)

2. Rummel/Epstein (SBU) def. Galloratti/DeMeo (BU) 8-4

3. Baldoch/Allen (SBU) def. Sichler/Frid (BU) 8-5