October 20, 2007 - Rider 6 St. Francis-Pa. 1
October 20, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Men's College Tennis
Rider University 6, St. Francis-Pa. University 1
LAWRENCEVILLE—The Broncs defeated the Red Flash in a non-conference match Saturday afternoon. “It was good for us to play a team that we were pretty even with,” said head coach Ed Torres. “As you can see by the tie-breakers, the teams were evenly matched.”
For Rider (4-6), junior Casey Jedlinski (Manalapan) won 7-5, 6-3 at first singles and teamed with freshman Josh Rultenberg (Lafayette Hill, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh) to win at first doubles 8-2. Rultenberg won at second singles 6-1, 6-4.
Sophomore Marc Ashed (Vineland) won at fourth singles 7-5, 6-3 and teamed with sophomore Will Haight (Turnersville, N.J./Washington Township) to win at second doubles 8-3.
“Marc started out slow and actually trailed before battling back,” Torres said. “He played a steady match for us today. Marc handled the windy conditions well.”
“It went well today,” Ashed said. “I got down early but I have been doing that all season so I didn’t get down on myself and I battled back. I try to not play ‘risky’ tennis. I usually place the ball deep in the court and with the wind blowing left to right, I tried to keep the ball more in the center.”
Freshman Chris Esposito (Ocean Grove/Neptune) won at fifth singles 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 with senior Jim Leone (Forked River/Lacey Township) posting a 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5) win at sixth singles. Esposito and freshman Rob Olsen (Marlton/Cherokee) won at third doubles 8-3.
Rider, winners of two straight matches, travels to Drexel for a non-conference match on Wednesday.
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