Box Score SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College men's tennis team opened its Liberty League slate with a dominant 6-1 victory over visiting Bard College on Saturday morning. The victory was the first for head coach AJ Nelson.

• Skidmore lost just one game all afternoon. Bard's only point came in first singles due to an injury retirement. Fletcher King was ahead 3-1 in the second set after winning the first 6-0.
• Griffin Biernat and Nika Mori both had a pair of victories for the Thoroughbreds. Biernat won at first doubles with Yuval Goodman 6-0.
• Mori joined King for a 6-0 victory of their own at second doubles.
• Neither Biernat nor Mori dropped a game in their straight-set singles win at first and second singles, respectively.
• Kyle Lundberg (No. 4) and Adel Aissaoui (No. 5) both also had straight sweeps in singles.
• Skidmore moves to a perfect 15-0 against Bard since the Raptors joined the Liberty League.

 
Results
Doubles

1. Yuval Goodman/Griffin Biernat def. Kostikas/Jones 6-0
2. Nika Mori/Fletcher King def. Khan/Henry 6-0
3. Skidmore wins via forfeit

 
Singles

1. Thanasis Kostikas def. Fletcher King 0-6, 1-3 (ret.)
2. Griffin Biernat def. Faisal Jones 6-0, 6-0
3. Nika Mori def. Yashar Khan 6-0, 6-0
4. Kyle Lundberg def. Asher Henry 6-0, 6-0
5. Adel Aissaoui def. George Miakhov 6-0, 6-0
6. Skidmore wins via forfeit  

 
NEXT UP

• The Thoroughbreds will end the fall season next weekend as it hosts the Skidmore Open at the outdoor courts at the McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center Oct. 12-13.