For Immediate Release: February 21, 2009
Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6800

BU men's tennis roars to 5-2 upset win over No. 53 Drake

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Binghamton men's tennis (5-1) showed the strength of its lineup with a 5-2 upset win over 53rd-ranked Drake University Saturday afternoon on the campus of University of Minnesota. The win was BU's first-ever against a nationally-ranked opponent. The Bearcats captured the doubles point before winning four of the six singles matches.

Freshman Gilbert Wong rolled to a straight-set win at No. 4 singles, improving to 20-4 overall, 6-0 in duals. Earlier, he and sophomore Sven Vloedgraven posted an 8-5 win at the top doubles spot. Vloedgraven also won his singles match at No. 2, lifting his record to 14-6 overall.

"It's a great win for our guys and for our program," head coach Adam Cohen said. "I am very proud of them and we will enjoy this before we face a very talented Minnesota team tomorrow."

Binghamton faces No. 60 University of Minnesota Sunday morning.

Binghamton 5, No. 53 Drake 2

Doubles
No. 1 Wong/Vloedgraven (BU) def. Marsiglia/Silitski (DU), 8-5
No. 2 Jain/Haggai (BU) def. Mendoza/Ballivian (DU), 8-5
No. 3 Lau/Zirkin (DU) def. Levy/Andreas Danielsson (BU), 8-3

Singles
No. 1 Maor Zirkin (DU) def. Moshe Levy (BU), 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Sven Vloedgraven (BU) def. Evgeny Silitski (DU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Arnav Jain (BU) def. Mauricio Ballivian (DU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
No. 4 Gilbert Wong (BU) def. Ricardo Lau (DU), 6-1, 6-4
No. 5 Alexandre Haggai (BU) def. Guilherme Marsiglia (DU), 7-6 (5), 7-5
No. 6 Ivan Mendoza (DU) def. Rafael Rodrigues (BU), 6-4, 6-2