Oswego State Men's Tennis Suffers First Loss of Campaign

HOUGHTON, N.Y. – The Oswego State men's tennis team suffered its first loss of the 2015-16 campaign with a 5-4 loss at Houghton College on Tuesday afternoon in Kerr-Pegula Field House. With the loss, the Lakers drop to 5-1 while the Highlanders improve to 2-3.

Three of Oswego's four match wins came from Sam McGrath and Alex McCarthy. The duo paired for the only Laker win in doubles competition, defeating their counterparts 8-2 in the first slot.

In singles competition, McGrath claimed the number-one spot with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Chase Rangel of Houghton. Following in his teammate's footsteps, McCarthy captured a win at second singles, but had to come from behind to do so. McCarthy dropped the first set 2-6 before bouncing back 6-3, 6-1 to complete the comeback.

Oswego's final triumph came in the sixth-singles position, as Nick Retzkin downed the Highlander's Daniel Hammers 6-2, 3-6, 6-0.

Many of the Lakers' defeats were very close, as both second and third doubles earned five or more points and freshman Brian Manciocchi forced a third set at fifth singles before succumbing 6-0, 2-6, 6-4.

Oswego will look to jump back into the win column at 4 p.m. on Saturday when it hosts Elmira College. The Lakers defeated the Soaring Eagles during the first semester, collecting a 7-2 win on Sept. 23.

Singles competition

1. Sam McGrath (OSW) def. Chase Rangel (HCMT15) 6-2, 6-1

2. Alex McCarthy (OSW) def. Jordan Crouch (HCMT15) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1

3. Jordan Scott (HCMT15) def. Ryan Korn (OSW) 6-2, 6-1

4. Zach Shilvock (HCMT15) def. Brian Emigholz (OSW) 6-1, 6-3

5. Connor Barnes (HCMT15) def. Brian Manciocchi (OSW) 6-0, 2-6, 6-4

6. Nick Retzkin (OSW) def. Daniel Hammers (HCMT15) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0

 

Doubles competition

1. Sam McGrath/Alex McCarthy (OSW) def. Chase Rangel/Jordan Crouch (HCMT15) 8-2

2. Jordan Scott/Zach Shilvock (HCMT15) def. Ryan Korn/Brian Emigholz (OSW) 8-5

3. Connor Barnes/Matthew Greer (HCMT15) def. John Stanford/Jon Matros (OSW) 8-6