WEST POINT, N.Y. - Binghamton men's tennis sent a collection of individuals to the eight-team Army Shootout and two doubles pairs had the best results at Lichtenberg and Malek Tennis Centers. The round-robin event also included individuals from Sacred Heart, Marist, RFDU, Lehigh and St. Bonaventure.
The Bearcats went a combined 5-1 in doubles and 4-7 in singles.
The doubles team of junior
Filipe Costa and freshman
Giannis Sakkas went 3-1 and the tandem of junior
Andre Ajed and freshman
Harry Liao went 2-0.
Liao also went 2-1 in singles.
The Bearcats next turn their attention to the ITA Northeast Regionals, which begin Thursday in New Haven, Conn. The two singles finalists as well as the doubles champion will qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships in the spring.
Binghamton Results at Army Shootout
DOUBLES (5-1)
Filipe Costa/
Giannis Sakkas (B) def. Mickus/Ong (FDU), 7-6 (3)
Andre Ajed/
Harry Liao (B) def. Alonso-Cortes/Schwarz (FDU), 6-2
Filipe Costa/
Giannis Sakkas (B) def. Alan Ton/Jackson Armistead (A), 6-2
Andre Ajed/
Harry Liao (B) def. Davis McDonald (A)/Alex Kim (Bona), 7-6
Sean Jaeger/Alex Van Lumich (Lehigh) def.
Filipe Costa/
Giannis Sakkas (B), 6-3
Filipe Costa/
Giannis Sakkas (B) def. Brennan Hart-Nova/Connor Liona (Sacred Heart), 7-5
SINGLES (4-7)
Ofer Hacohen (Lehigh) def.
Andre Ajed (B), 6-1, 6-2
Harry Liao (B) def. Henry Stoller (Lehigh), 7-6 (4), 7-5
Giannis Sakkas (B) def. Shiv Sastry (Lehigh), 6-1, 6-1
Sean Jaeger (Lehigh) def.
Filipe Costa (B), 6-1, 4-6, 16-14
Aleks Daskalovic (Lehigh) def.
Andre Ajed (B), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Victor Imanishi (Lehigh) def.
Giannis Sakkas (B), 7-5, 6-2
Harry Liao (B) def. Ben Wrann (FDU), 6-4, 3-6, 10-6
Filipe Costa (B) def. Tom Began (Marist), 4-6, 6-3, 10-2
Nick Suhanitski (Marist) def.
Andre Ajed (B), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 10-5
Fateh Sing (Marist) def.
Giannis Sakkas (B), 6-3, 6-3
Brandon Ramos (Marist) def.
Harry Liao (B), 7-6 (3), 6-4