Purchase College Men's Tennis Drops Home Opener to Baruch

Purchase, NY – Senior standout Joseph Troop (Yonkers, NY) highlighted the Purchase College men's tennis team's home opener with a win over Lewis Pena at No. 2 singles, 6-7, 7-5 (10-8).  The Panthers fell to the visiting Bearcats, 7-2.

The non-conference loss dropped the Panthers' overall record to 2-2.  Baruch improves to 1-1 on its season.

Purchase's other win came at No. 1 doubles when the duo of Troop and Riley Damerell (JR/Rochester, NY) earned an 8-4 victory over Pena and Hugo Castalan.

The Bearcats went on to tally wins at second and third doubles, and later won four of the five singles matches leading them to victory.

DOUBLES
1. Damerell, Riley/Troop, Joseph (PUR-MTN) def. Hugo Castalan/Lewis Pena (BARUCH) 8-4
2. David Alabo/Max Navarro (BARUCH) def. De La Cruz, Danny/Marthaller, Noah (PUR-MTN) 8-0
3. Chad Seaver/Sharki Ahmed (BARUCH) def. Stuart, Finbar/Doherty, Brian (PUR-MTN) 9-7

SINGLES
1. Hugo Castalan (BARUCH) def. Damerell, Riley (PUR-MTN) 6-2, 6-1
2. Troop, Joseph (PUR-MTN) def. Lewis Pena (BARUCH) 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 10-8
3. David Alabo (BARUCH) def. De La Cruz, Danny (PUR-MTN) 6-0, 6-1
4. Sharki Ahmed (BARUCH) def. Marthaller, Noah (PUR-MTN) 6-0, 6-1
5. Ariel Hakimi (BARUCH) def. Stuart, Finbar (PUR-MTN) 6-1, 6-1
6. Brian Ronquillo (BARUCH) def. Doherty, Brian (PUR-MTN) 6-2, 6-4

Purchase travels to the College of Staten Island on March 18 for a non-conference match beginning at 3:30 p.m.