NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Apr. 8, 2017) – With the season winding along and postponed matches becoming more difficult to schedule, the Rutgers University-Camden and Albertus Magnus College men's tennis teams decided to play a pair of matches here Saturday as they both opened their Great Northeast Athletic Conference schedule.
Rutgers-Camden posted a 9-0 victory in both matches, with the first one counting toward the GNAC standings.
The double wins lift Rutgers-Camden to 3-4 on the season and 1-0 in the GNAC. Albertus Magnus falls to 1-5 and 0-1. The Raptors are now 3-1 all-time against Albertus Magnus since joining the GNAC in 2015.
The Scarlet Raptors host defending GNAC champion Ramapo College Saturday at 12 p.m. in another conference match.
Rutgers-Camden 9, Albertus Magnus College 0
While winning every match, the Scarlet Raptors got impressive 6-0, 6-0 sweeps at fifth and sixth singles from junior
Jake Collette-Nippins (Somerdale, NJ/Sterling) and freshman
Khoa Ly (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West), respectively. That duo also posted an 8-0 win at third doubles.
In the first two singles spots, seniors
Anthony Gendin (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern Regional) and
Ryan Christopher (Washington Township, NJ/Washington Township) notched wins with scores of 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-1, respectively. They also teamed to win their match at second doubles, 8-1.
The first doubles team of freshmen
Jair Norman (Sicklerville, NJ/Williamstown) and
Jason Mehta (Egg Harbor Township, NJ/Egg Harbor Township) earned a 9-7 victory. Norman also won his match at third singles, 6-1, 6-0, while Mehta captured a 6-1, 6-3 victory at fourth singles.
Rutgers-Camden 9, Albertus Magnus College 0
In the non-conference second match, the teams played pro sets, with Collette-Nippins sweeping his match at fifth singles, 8-0, and teaming with Ly for an 8-0 victory at third doubles. Ly also won at sixth singles, 8-1.
Norman and Mehta posted an 8-4 win at first doubles, while Norman won his third singles match, 8-1, and Mehta posted an 8-4 victory at fourth singles.
In the top two singles spots, Gendin earned an 8-1 victory at first singles and Christopher captured an 8-2 win at second singles. They combined for an 8-0 win at second doubles.
Gendin and Christopher improved their record to 6-1 in doubles play this season, while Collette-Nippins and Ly are now 4-3 and Mehta and Norman are 3-4 at the top spot.
In singles play, Mehta owns a 5-2 record at fourth singles. Gendin, Norman and Ly all own 4-3 singles marks at the first, third and sixth spots, respectively. Christopher and Collette-Nippins improved their marks to 3-4 at second and fifth singles, respectively.
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