Men's Tennis Competes in Oberlin Invitational

Junior ITA Scholar Athlete Jake Elbin

Visitors

Home team

Doubles

Singles

Stepheun Gruppuso (HOME)
def. Daniel Levine (VIS)

2-6, 6-4, 4-10

Robert Stroup (HOME)
def. Chaz Downing (VIS)

3-6, 3-6

Vayum Arora (HOME)
def. Aitor Zerdilas Herre (VIS)

6-7, 6-3, 8-10

Sidd Rajupet (HOME)
def. Vlad Rotnov (VIS)

5-7, 0-6

Ray Boppana (HOME)
def. Aris Jhaveeri (VIS)

6-1, 6-2

Yannick Bloem (HOME)
def. Earl Hsieh (VIS)

7-6, 6-4

Kevin Brown (HOME)
def. Kenneth Boyette (VIS)

1-6, 5-7

Tim Cianciola (HOME)
def. Aaron Umen (VIS)

6-3, 3-6, 10-5

Zach Hennessey (HOME)
def. Mitchell Thai (VIS)

2-6, 4-6

Josh Hsia (HOME)
def. Josh Pinckney (VIS)

5-7, 4-6

Colten Clark (HOME)
def. Varun Thachil (VIS)

1-6, 0-6

Zachary Vaughn (HOME)
def. Nikita Parfenov (VIS)

6-2, 7-6

Jordan Phelps (HOME)
def. Sam Topper (VIS)

7-6, 4-6, 3-10

Tom Arias (HOME)
def. Henry Squire (VIS)

6-3, 6-2

Wonjoon Cho (HOME)
def. Patrick McGuigan (VIS)

3-6, 4-6

Toby Cutting (HOME)
def. Jacob Dennen (VIS)

6-3, 3-6, 10-8

Stuart Brdicka (HOME)
def. Elliot Nuss (VIS)

6-3, 6-0

Coby Maisel (HOME)
def. Joaquin Abos Amo (VIS)

6-3, 4-6, 10-6

Kun Teng Tche (HOME)
def. Austin Lawrence (VIS)

1-6, 4-6

Hugo Chatras (HOME)
def. Akshat Agarwal (VIS)

1-6, 0-6

Austin Hanna (HOME)
def. Andy Siciliano (VIS)

6-1, 6-0

Matthew Gittings (HOME)
def. John Purnode (VIS)

7-5, 2-6, 5-10

David Sinense (HOME)
def. Dominic Polifrone (VIS)

6-1, 7-5

Colton Johnson Taylo (HOME)
def. Austin Mohamedali (VIS)

4-6, 6-3, 10-2

Jason Lawson (HOME)
def. Vinh Thai (VIS)

1-6, 2-6

Joaquin Lerner (HOME)
def. Justin Kopronica (VIS)

2-6, 1-6

Cam Cohen (HOME)
def. Matt Andrus (VIS)

5-7, 1-6

Brandon Giordanelli (HOME)
def. Nebyou Minassie (VIS)

7-5, 6-2

Cooper Miller (HOME)
def. Nathan Devereaux (VIS)

1-6, 0-6

Matt Harris (HOME)
def. Jessie DeWitt (VIS)

6-3, 6-2

Adi Jha (HOME)
def. Hoang Do (VIS)

6-1, 6-3

Andrew Triner (HOME)
def. Zach Beaschler (VIS)

5-7, 7-5, 8-10

Jake Elbin (HOME)
def. Jacob Stringer (VIS)

6-7, 6-2, 10-6

Justin Lee (HOME)
def. Zach Anderson (VIS)

2-6, 0-6

Julian Janczak (HOME)
def. Ryan Gase (VIS)

6-0, 6-0

Noah Elliott (HOME)
def. Sean Padden (VIS)

6-2, 6-2

Mackenzie Knowlton (HOME)
def. Jack Payne (VIS)

4-6, 6-2, 5-10

Nathan Silverstein (HOME)
def. Doug Moore (VIS)

1-6, 4-6

Nate Meadors (HOME)
def. Chase Williams (VIS)

6-1, 6-4

Ewan Malenfant (HOME)
def. Parker Holyn (VIS)

6-4, 7-6

Wyatt Brugge (HOME)
def. Jack George (VIS)

4-6, 3-6

Caleb Carter (HOME)
def. Connor Christian (VIS)

3-6, 0-6

Justin Lee (HOME)
def. Michael Benotti (VIS)

0-6, 0-6

Ben Echikson (HOME)
def. Joji Imatomi (VIS)

1-6, 2-6

Andrew Cochran (HOME)
def. Miles Collins (VIS)

6-0, 4-6, 10-6

Roger Boyer (HOME)
def. Alex Morris (VIS)

6-0, 6-0

Shivam Patel (HOME)
def. Jonathan Brunnet (VIS)

6-0, 6-0

Aitor Zerdilas Herre (HOME)
def. No player (VIS)

3-6, 7-6, 10-7

Tim Cianciola (HOME)
def. Varun Thachil (VIS)

7-6, 2-6, 6-10

Earl Hsieh (HOME)
def. Mitchell Thai (VIS)

2-6, 3-6

Kevin Brown (HOME)
def. Sidd Rajupet (VIS)

5-7, 0-6

Stepheun Gruppuso (HOME)
def. Nikita Parfenov (VIS)

6-3, 1-6, 6-10

Tom Arias (HOME)
def. Robert Stroup (VIS)

4-6, 3-6

Stuart Brdicka (HOME)
def. Aaron Umen (VIS)

1-6, 3-6

Jacob Dennen (HOME)
def. Kenneth Boyette (VIS)

4-6, 6-4, 8-10

Sam Topper (HOME)
def. Aris Jhaveeri (VIS)

6-7, 4-6

Wonjoon Cho (HOME)
def. Josh Hsia (VIS)

5-7, 5-7

Coby Maisel (HOME)
def. Zachary Vaughn (VIS)

1-6, 2-6

Zach Hennessey (HOME)
def. Jordan Phelps (VIS)

6-4, 6-2

Kun Teng Tche (HOME)
def. Henry Squire (VIS)

1-6, 1-6

Colten Clark (HOME)
def. Toby Cutting (VIS)

6-1, 6-2

Joaquin Abos Amo (HOME)
def. Akshat Agarwal (VIS)

6-3, 5-7, 2-10

Wiliaml Grier (HOME)
def. Cam Cohen (VIS)

6-2, 6-1

Patrick McGuigan (HOME)
def. Colton Johnson Taylo (VIS)

7-6, 6-1

Austin Lawrence (HOME)
def. Dominic Polifrone (VIS)

6-2, 6-2

Austin Hanna (HOME)
def. Austin Mohamedali (VIS)

6-2, 6-3

Jason Lawson (HOME)
def. Austin Morris (VIS)

6-2, 6-0

David Sinense (HOME)
def. Justin Kopronica (VIS)

6-3, 0-6, 6-10

Elliot Nuss (HOME)
def. Vinh Thai (VIS)

5-7, 3-6

John Purnode (HOME)
def. Matt Harris (VIS)

6-3, 6-3

Nathan Devereaux (HOME)
def. James Dill (VIS)

7-5, 6-2

Andy Siciliano (HOME)
def. Hoang Do (VIS)

6-3, 6-3

Joaquin Lerner (HOME)
def. Matt Andrus (VIS)

FINAL - RETIREMENT

Gordian Bruns (HOME)
def. Adi Jha (VIS)

6-4, 1-6, 3-10

Matthew Gittings (HOME)
def. Zach Anderson (VIS)

6-1, 6-2

Zach Beaschler (HOME)
def. Sean Padden (VIS)

6-1, 6-2

Ryan Breard (HOME)
def. Parker Holyn (VIS)

0-6, 0-6

Ben Schrock (HOME)
def. Andrew Triner (VIS)

6-2, 2-6, 3-10

Connor Christian (HOME)
def. Jack George (VIS)

6-0, 6-1

Doug Moore (HOME)
def. Noah Elliott (VIS)

2-6, 3-6

Nate Meadors (HOME)
def. Mackenzie Knowlton (VIS)

6-2, 2-6, 10-6

Jack Payne (HOME)
def. Justin Lee (VIS)

6-2, 6-2

Ben Echikson (HOME)
def. Jake Elbin (VIS)

4-6, 4-6

Joji Imatomi (HOME)
def. Chase Williams (VIS)

6-2, 7-6

Michael Benotti (HOME)
def. Shivam Patel (VIS)

6-1, 6-4

Roger Boyer (HOME)
def. Luke Borgelt (VIS)

6-1, 6-1

Alex Morris (HOME)
def. Miles Collins (VIS)

0-6, 1-6

Eddie Schartman (HOME)
def. Ewan Malenfant (VIS)

1-6, 1-6

Andrew Cochran (HOME)
def. Jonathan Brunnet (VIS)

6-0, 6-0

Aitor Zerdilas Herre (HOME)
def. Stepheun Gruppuso (VIS)

6-1, 6-1

Vlad Rotnov (HOME)
def. Robert Stroup (VIS)

6-4, 6-0

Earl Hsieh (HOME)
def. Kevin Brown (VIS)

6-4, 6-3

Stuart Brdicka (HOME)
def. Mitchell Thai (VIS)

7-5, 7-5

Aaron Umen (HOME)
def. Zachary Vaughn (VIS)

6-1, 6-0

Varun Thachil (HOME)
def. John Purnode (VIS)

4-6, 6-4, 10-8

Colten Clark (HOME)
def. Kenneth Boyette (VIS)

2-6, 6-7

Tim Cianciola (HOME)
def. Austin Hanna (VIS)

6-4, 3-6, 10-4

Wonjoon Cho (HOME)
def. Jacob Dennen (VIS)

1-6, 3-6

Toby Cutting (HOME)
def. Josh Hsia (VIS)

FINAL - RETIREMENT

Kun Teng Tche (HOME)
def. Sam Topper (VIS)

0-6, 6-7

Akshat Agarwal (HOME)
def. Henry Squire (VIS)

3-6, 3-6

Coby Maisel (HOME)
def. Zach Hennessey (VIS)

2-6, 3-6

Wiliaml Grier (HOME)
def. Vinh Thai (VIS)

1-6, 5-7

Patrick McGuigan (HOME)
def. Hugo Chatras (VIS)

6-1, 3-6, 4-10

Justin Kopronica (HOME)
def. Jordan Phelps (VIS)

7-5, 2-6, 11-9

Jason Lawson (HOME)
def. Aris Jhaveeri (VIS)

3-6, 0-6

Austin Mohamedali (HOME)
def. Elliot Nuss (VIS)

0-6, 3-6

Andy Siciliano (HOME)
def. Colton Johnson Taylo (VIS)

2-6, 7-6, 9-11

Gordian Bruns (HOME)
def. Nathan Devereaux (VIS)

3-6, 1-6

Nebyou Minassie (HOME)
def. Matthew Gittings (VIS)

6-4, 4-6, 8-10

Adi Jha (HOME)
def. James Dill (VIS)

6-2, 6-7, 5-10

Cooper Miller (HOME)
def. Benjamin Szarek (VIS)

6-0, 6-0

Matt Harris (HOME)
def. Zach Beaschler (VIS)

6-1, 1-6, 10-3

Austin Lawrence (HOME)
def. Miles Collins (VIS)

6-0, 6-3

Matt Andrus (HOME)
def. Justin Lee (VIS)

8-1

Jacob Stringer (HOME)
def. Doug Moore (VIS)

6-8

Julian Janczak (HOME)
def. Jack Payne (VIS)

8-2

Sean Padden (HOME)
def. Jake Elbin (VIS)

2-6, 0-6

Ben Schrock (HOME)
def. Ryan Gase (VIS)

5-7, 7-5, 7-10

Noah Elliott (HOME)
def. Mackenzie Knowlton (VIS)

6-3, 6-3

Ben Echikson (HOME)
def. Connor Christian (VIS)

1-6, 0-6

Shivam Patel (HOME)
def. Nate Meadors (VIS)

0-6, 1-6

Nathan Silverstein (HOME)
def. Caleb Carter (VIS)

2-8

Roger Boyer (HOME)
def. Chase Williams (VIS)

6-1, 6-2

Andrew Cochran (HOME)
def. Michael Benotti (VIS)

0-6, 6-4, 5-10

Jonathan Brunnet (HOME)
def. Ewan Malenfant (VIS)

0-8

Joji Imatomi (HOME)
def. Eddie Schartman (VIS)

8-4

Jacob Stringer (HOME)
def. Nebyou Minassie (VIS)

0-6, 2-6

Joaquin Abos Amo (HOME)
def. Sidd Rajupet (VIS)

5-7, 3-6

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Visitors

Home team

Doubles

Tim Cianciola / Mitchell Thai (HOME)
def. Daniel Levine / Chaz Downing (VIS)

7-9

Vlad Rotnov / Brian Weisberg (HOME)
def. Ray Boppana / Josh Pinckney (VIS)

8-5

Stuart Brdicka / Kun Teng Tche (HOME)
def. Kenneth Boyette / Robert Stroup (VIS)

5-8

Akshat Agarwal / Jacob Dennen (HOME)
def. Josh Hsia / Varun Thachil (VIS)

7-9

Coby Maisel / Aitor Zerdilas Herre (HOME)
def. Zach Hennessey / Aaron Umen (VIS)

6-8

Yannick Bloem / Vayum Arora (HOME)
def. Kevin Brown / Patrick McGuigan (VIS)

8-5

Earl Hsieh / Sidd Rajupet (HOME)
def. Nikita Parfenov / Tom Arias (VIS)

5-8

Wonjoon Cho / Colton Johnson Taylo (HOME)
def. Jordan Phelps / Colten Clark (VIS)

7-9

Austin Hanna / Nathan Devereaux (HOME)
def. Sam Topper / James Dill (VIS)

8-5

Stepheun Gruppuso / Elliot Nuss (HOME)
def. Hugo Chatras / Austin Mohamedali (VIS)

8-4

Cam Cohen / Matthew Gittings (HOME)
def. David Sinense / Andy Siciliano (VIS)

2-8

Brandon Giordanelli / Gordian Bruns (HOME)
def. Dominic Polifrone / Matt Harris (VIS)

0-8

Matt Andrus / Cooper Miller (HOME)
def. John Purnode / Julian Janczak (VIS)

4-8

Andrew Triner / Sean Padden (HOME)
def. Jessie DeWitt / Nebyou Minassie (VIS)

8-6

Jack Payne / Doug Moore (HOME)
def. Hoang Do / Zach Beaschler (VIS)

0-8

Connor Christian / Nate Meadors (HOME)
def. Benjamin Szarek / Benjamin Breard (VIS)

8-1

Joaquin Lerner / Jason Lawson (HOME)
def. Adi Jha / Parker Holyn (VIS)

8-4

Jacob Stringer / Mackenzie Knowlton (HOME)
def. Skyler Kane / Ryan Gase (VIS)

8-0

Vinh Thai / Noah Elliott (HOME)
def. Zach Anderson / Ewan Malenfant (VIS)

8-2

Miles Colliins / Jonathan Brunnet (HOME)
def. Nathan Silverstein / Justin Lee (VIS)

2-8

Michael Benotti / Eddie Schartman (HOME)
def. Andrew Cochran / Joji Imatomi (VIS)

8-9

Wyatt Brugge / Luke Borgelt (HOME)
def. Chase Williams / Shivam Patel (VIS)

8-6

Yannick Bloem / Vayum Arora (HOME)
def. Vlad Rotnov / Brian Weisberg (VIS)

8-1

Justin Kopronica / Austin Mohamedali (HOME)
def. Kenneth Boyette / Robert Stroup (VIS)

0-8

Ray Boppana / Josh Pinckney (HOME)
def. Tim Cianciola / Mitchell Thai (VIS)

5-8

Daniel Levine / Chaz Downing (HOME)
def. Coby Maisel / Aitor Zerdilas Herre (VIS)

8-4

Kevin Brown / Patrick McGuigan (HOME)
def. Zach Hennessey / Aaron Umen (VIS)

8-4

Nikita Parfenov / Toby Cutting (HOME)
def. Henry Squire / Aris Jhaveeri (VIS)

8-5

Akshat Agarwal / Jacob Dennen (HOME)
def. Stuart Brdicka / Kun Teng Tche (VIS)

8-6

Josh Hsia / Varun Thachil (HOME)
def. Wonjoon Cho / Colton Johnson Taylo (VIS)

8-2

David Sinense / Andy Siciliano (HOME)
def. Sam Topper / James Dill (VIS)

8-5

Earl Hsieh / Sidd Rajupet (HOME)
def. Austin Hanna / Nathan Devereaux (VIS)

5-8

Jordan Phelps / Colten Clark (HOME)
def. Cam Cohen / Matthew Gittings (VIS)

9-8

Jessie DeWitt / Nebyou Minassie (HOME)
def. John Purnode / Julian Janczak (VIS)

5-8

Dominic Polifrone / Matt Harris (HOME)
def. Matt Andrus / Cooper Miller (VIS)

3-8

Chase Williams / Shivam Patel (HOME)
def. Vinh Thai / Noah Elliott (VIS)

1-8

Joaquin Lerner / Jason Lawson (HOME)
def. Hoang Do / Zach Beaschler (VIS)

9-8

Brandon Giordanelli / Gordian Bruns (HOME)
def. Adi Jha / Parker Holyn (VIS)

8-4

Andrew Triner / Sean Padden (HOME)
def. Jacob Stringer / Mackenzie Knowlton (VIS)

1-8

Benjamin Szarek / Benjamin Breard (HOME)
def. Jack Payne / Doug Moore (VIS)

0-8

Nate Meadors / Andrew Cochran (HOME)
def. Zach Anderson / Ewan Malenfant (VIS)

8-3

Michael Benotti / Eddie Schartman (HOME)
def. Nathan Silverstein / Justin Lee (VIS)

9-7

Caleb Carter / Ryan Gase (HOME)
def. Jake Elbin / Roger Boyer (VIS)

0-8

Miles Colliins / Jonathan Brunnet (HOME)
def. Joji Imatomi / Connor Christian (VIS)

0-8

Singles

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Posted: Sep 19, 2018

OBERLIN, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's tennis team competed in the Oberlin Invitational over the weekend on the Don Hunsinger Courts, hosted by Oberlin College.

BW (1-0) was led in singles play by senior Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference Roger Boyer (Medina/Brunswick), junior Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete Jake Elbin (Findlay) and sophomore Michael Benotti (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon) who all went 3-0.

Boyer won his first match against Alex Morris of Wooster College with two scores of 6-0. Boyer finished his singles play with a victory over Chase Williams of Ashland University, 6-1 and 6-2.

Elbin won his first match of the day with scores of 7-6, 6-2, and 10-6, over Jacob Stringer of Allegheny College. He claimed his second victory over Ben Echikson of host, Oberlin, with two 6-4 finals. The final victory for Elbin came against fellow OAC athlete, Sean Padden of John Carroll University, with a score of 6-2 and 6-0.

Benotti started his day off with two 6-0 victories. To finish his singles play, Benotti played Andrew Cochran of Ohio Northern and won with scores of 6-0, 4-6, and 10-5.

Also claiming victories in singles was two-time Academic All-OAC and All-OAC selection, Matt Harris with two victories, and freshman Miles Collins, who earned one.

The first doubles match for the Yellow Jackets featured two-time Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference and two-time All-OAC selection, Dominic Polifrone (Hudson) and Matt Harris (Akron/Revere). The two cruised to an 8-0 victory over Brandon Giordanelli and Gordian Bruns of Earlham College. The two fell in their second doubles match to Matt Andrus and Cooper Miller of Allegheny, 8-3.

Match two of the doubles portion paired freshman Collins (Aliquippa/Hopewell) and junior Jonathan Brunnet (Berea/Berea-Midpark), who lost 8-2 to Nathan Silverstein and Justin Lee of Oberlin. Their final match was a tough 8-0 loss to Joji Imatomi and Connor Christian of Ohio Northern.

Benotti (Pittsford, N.Y/Pittsford Mendon) and freshman Edwin Schartman (Newark) were the third doubles pair and came up one point short, falling 8-9 to Andrew Cochran and Joji Imatomi of Ohio Northern. In their second match the two won a tight one against Nathan Silverstein and Justin Lee of Oberlin, 9-7.

The tandem of Elbin and Boyer won their only doubles match with an astounding 8-0 victory over Caleb Carter and Ryan Gase of Tiffin University.

BW continues their fall season with a trip to Mount Vernon Nazarene on Friday the 21st. The match is scheduled for 5 p.m.