Tennis Match at York College, Tuesday, March 27
Tuesday – 3/27/2012
Webb Institute (Enrollment: 81) vs. York College (Enrollment: 7,780+)
The Webb Tennis team opened their 2012 season with a victory last night against York College (Jamaica, Queens) in dramatic fashion!
The match began with wins by Webb’s #1 Doubles team of Dan Dwyer ’13 / Jon Soja ’13 against a VERY formidable York duo,
and a win from the #2 Doubles team of Sean Doran ’12 / Colin Spillane ’13.
Rookie Ben Rockwell ‘ 15 / and Rachel Skywalker ’14, played a tough match in their #3 Doubles.
With a 2-1 advantage, the singles matches began play.
Rookies Nathan Fast ’14 and Chris Licato ’15, both played well, but fell short in their debuts. #1 singles Sean Doran ’12 battled
A VERY, VERY tough #1 player, and Webb fell behind 2-4, with 3 matches to play, and Webb needing all 3!
#5 singles Colin “Mickey” Spillane, blasted his way to victory with a 7-6, 6-4 win,
earning his
second W on the night!
(York-4 Webb-3)
In a marathon 3 set show, #3 singles, recording artist Jon Soja took
stage with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 win,
battling the cold and dark, settled down for his encore W!
(Webb-4 York-4)
With darkness in full swing, and saved by Sean Doran’s quick thinking to break out glow in the dark tennis balls, Jean Claude Van – Dan Dwyer,
completed the Webb comeback at #2 singles, as he muscled his way to a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over the Greek God “Kratos”!
Great win for the team, as we celebrated afterwards with a feast at Popeye’s, passing on the tantalizing Cow Head and Beans!!!!
Next up: Cooper Union Tournament – Sunday – 1pm – U.S. Nat’l Tennis Center!
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"Failure to Prepare, is Preparing to Fail." - John Wooden
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By HVMAC Tennis Coach Patrick Doherty
