Men's tennis sweeps Union, 9-0

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College men's tennis team won its first match of the spring season Saturday with a 9-0 sweep of Union College.

Carl-Eric Girardin (Lake Bluff, Ill.) earned wins in both number on singles and doubles, posting a win over Union's Alex Katz in two sets, 6-0, 6-0. He also combined with senior T.J. David (Bernardsville, N.J.) for an 8-2 victory over Union's Vic Rayikumar and Dan Nault.

Sophomore Yahia Imam (Cairo, Egypt) earned victories at number two singles (7-5, 6-1) and number three doubles (8-1) for Skidmore.

David also won at number six singles with a 6-2, 6-4 sweep of Union's Sam Ringel.

The Thoroughbreds host St. Lawrence Sunday starting at 1 p.m.

Skidmore 9, Union 0

Singles Results

1. Carl-Eric Girardin (S) def. Alex Katz (U) 6-0, 6-0

2. Yahia Imam (S) def. Vic Rayikumar (U) 7-5, 6-1

3. Lorenzo Cabrera (S) def. Dan Nault (U) 6-3, 6-3

4. Spencer Cheng (S) def. Matt Goodnow (U) 6-2, 6-3

5. Luke Granger (S) def. Saul Kurtz (U) 6-1, 6-2

6. T.J. David (S) def. Sam Ringel (U) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles Results

1. Girardin/David (S) def. Rayikumar/Nault (U) 8-2

2. Cabrera/Cheng (S) def. Katz/Goodnow (U) 8-0

3. Granger/Imam (S) def. Ringel Kurtz (U) 8-1

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