COLGATE GOES 1-2, GARNERS FIRST EVER MATCH WIN AT ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS OVER NAVY 4-3.

October 9, 2002
Contact: Mike Zimmerman
Phone: 315-228-6761
Fax: 315-228-7977
Email: mzimmerman@mail.colgate.edu

NEW YORK, NY – The Colgate University men's tennis team headed to New York City this past weekend for the ECAC Championships held at Flushing Meadows.  #11 Colgate picked up its first ever match win with a 4-3 decision over #14 Navy on Saturday.  On Friday, Colgate dropped a 4-0 decision to #6 Penn State in a match that was shortened due to rain.  Sunday, Colgate fell to Ivy League opponent #10 Dartmouth 4-3, in what was a very competitive match.

Picking up singles match wins against Navy were Reed Hagmann (Short Hills, NJ/Millburn) who defeated Cam Lickle 7-6, 6-3.  Jake Heims (Paradise Valley, AZ/Brophy College Prep) downed Ryan Osgood 6-2, 6-4.  Eric Saccullo (Manhasset, NY/Manhasset) defeated Brandon Carter 6-1, 7-5.  Blake Willmarth (Grosse Pointe Farms, MI/Grosse Pointe South) earned a fourth singles win for Colgate by knocking off Daniel Huynh 6-2, 6-2.

On the doubles side, Colgate was victorious in one of its three matches.  Saccullo and Zander Lowe (Concord, MA/Concord-Carlisle) beat the team of McGrath/Carter 8-3.

Colgate did not win any matches against Penn State, but Coach Martin Perry was pleased with his team's performance against the higher seeded Nittany Lions.  "We played pretty well, and if we could have gotten a point here or there you never know what could have happened," said Perry.

Hagmann  won another singles match versus Dartmouth by beating Neal Bobba 6-4, 6-3, giving Hagmann a 2-1 singles record for the weekend.  Saccullo downed Ben Kereshi 7-5, 7-5 to run his record to 2-1 on the weekend as well.

Hagmann teamed up with Evan Ambrose (Catskill, NY/Catskill) to defeat Bobba and Drew Dinkmeyer 9-7 in doubles actions.  Willmarth and Saccullo combined forces to down Reyes and Webb of Dartmouth 8-4.

After a successful outing, the Colgate men's tennis team prepares for the Patriot League Individuals at Lehigh University this weekend.  Action gets underway at 9 a.m. Saturday, October 12th.

2002 ECAC Championship Results

Day 1: #6 Penn State defeated #11 Colgate; 4-0
Singles
Nate Emge (PSU) def. Reed Hagmann (Col); 7-5, 6-3
Malcolm Scatliffe (PSU) def. Eric Saccullo (Col); 6-4, 6-3
Mark Barry (PSU) def. Zander Lowe (Col); 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
Hagmann/Ambrose (Col) def. Cantey/Scatliffe (PSU); 8-6
Emge/Barry (PSU) def. Lowe/Heims (Col); 9-8 (6)
Frakes/Nudell (PSU) def. Davis/Willmarth (Col); 8-1

Day 2: #11 Colgate defeated #14 Navy; 4-3
Singles
Hagmann (Col) def. Cam Lickle (Navy); 7-6, 6-3
Jake Heims (Col) def. Ryan Osgood (Navy); 6-2, 6-4
Saccullo (Col)  def. Brandon Carter (Navy); 6-1, 7-5
Chris McGrath (Navy) def. Lowe (Col); 6-3, 7-5
Davy Lee (Navy) def. Evan Ambrose (Col); 6-1, 6-4
Blake Willmarth (Col) def. Daniel Huynh (Navy); 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
Lickle/Osgood (Navy) def. Ambrose/Hagmann (Col); 8-5
Lowe/Saccullo (Col) def. McGrath/Carter (Navy); 8-3
Lee/Huynh (Navy) def. Davis/Willmarth (Col); 8-6

Day 3: #10 Dartmouth defeated #11 Colgate; 4-3
Singles
Hagmann (Col) def. Neal Bobba (Dart); 6-4, 6-3
Drew Dinkmeyer (Dart) def. Heims (Col); 6-3, 6-1
Saccullo (Col) def. Ben Kereshi (Dart); 7-5, 7-5
David Webb (Dart) def. Lowe (Col); 6-4, 6-4
Andres Reyes (Dart) def. Ambrose (Col); 7-6 (6), 6-3
Raj Shrestha (Dart) def. Willmarth (Col); 6-4, 7-5

Doubles
Hagmann/Ambrose (Col) def. Bobba/Dinkmeyer (Dart); 9-7
Paer/Kereshi (Dart) def. Davis/Lowe (Col); 9-8 (5)
Willmarth/Saccullo (Col)  def. Reyes/Webb (Dart); 8-4