The benefits of playing against a stronger opponent are more obvious than those of playing against a weaker opponent. A player who “plays up” has the opportunity to experience first-hand the skills of a stronger player and hopefully learn from it. A stronger player might implement tactics against you that are unfamiliar with and produce…
The college tennis season here on Long Island is wrapping up, as a number of local schools have finished the regular season and are gearing up for their respective conference tournaments. Hofstra Men, Women Earn Season Honors Marcus Smith, who played his high school tennis at Cardozo High School in Queens, had a nice…
Many relationship magazines like to run columns with the format “What a member of one gender says and what the member of the other gender really hears.” I’d like to revisit the topic of speaking with a college coach. What a prospective student-athlete says and what the coach really hears. The bottom line is to…
The success of the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) men’s and women’s tennis teams continued this past season, as both teams reached the NCAA Division II Sweet 16 and had players honored by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). The ITA announced its 2015-16 Division II regional and national award winners last Thursday, and Jason…
The NYIT women’s tennis team captured the NCAA East Region 1 championship on Tuesday afternoon, downing Chestnut Hill 5-1 to advance to the NCAA Division II tennis championships in Denver, Colorado. Playing in its first match since a loss to Division 1 Fordham on April 16, the Bears did not show any signs of…
The New York Institute of Technology men’s tennis team won its fourth consecutive East Coast Conference (ECC) championship on Saturday, defeating Queens College 5-3 to capture the crown. The Knights of Queens College took the early lead in this one thanks to its play on the doubles court. Queens got wins from Sharvill Nawghre and…
The Adelphi men’s tennis team came up just short in its run to a Northeast-10 (NE-10) championship, as top-seed Southern New Hampshire beat the Panthers 5-2 in the conference’s title match on Sunday afternoon. The doubles play of the Penmen of Southern New Hampshire (SNHU) started things off with wins at first and second doubles to…
Photo courtesy of Adelphi University Athletics The Adelphi men’s tennis team is heading back to the Northeast-10 championship match for the second straight season as the Panthers downed Merrimack 5-1 in a semifinal showdown on Friday, a rematch of last year’s conference championship. The first win for the Panthers came in the third doubles slot,…
Three-time defending East Coast Conference (ECC) champions New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) made its way back into the conference title game, defeating St. Thomas Aquinas 5-0 in a semifinal matchup on Friday morning. NYIT’s first point on Friday came from the third doubles pair of Rafal Charkiewicz and Rares Ispas, who notched an 8-0…
Photo courtesy of Northeast10.org Adelphi sophomore Matteo Cannavera won the Northeast-10 Player of the Year for the second straight year, the conference announced on Wednesday. Last season, Cannavera won both the Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honors in his freshman campaign, and followed that up with a spectacular sophomore season…