Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
Holy Cross
Men's Tennis Defeats Lafayette and Holy Cross
March 25, 2011 | Men's Tennis
WEST POINT, N.Y. - Army men's tennis improved to 3-0 in Patriot League play by knocking off a pair of conference foes Friday at Lichtenberg tennis Center. The Black Knights defeated Lafayette, 5-2, before dispelling Holy Cross, 7-0.
Army improved to 8-9 this season, including a flawless 3-0 mark in Patriot League matches to remain atop the conference standings.
Against the Leopards (3-6, 0-1 PL), the freshman duo of Asika Isoh and Henry Jang-Milsten won their fourth doubles match in five contests. The Army plebes defeated Scott Gelbman and Andrew Morris, 8-4, to improve to 4-4 on the season. The win also marked Isoh's team-leading 14th doubles victory of the season. Jang-Milsten ranks third among the Black Knights with 12 doubles wins.
The pair also won their respective singles contests, as Isoh prevailed at No. 1 (6-4, 6-3) and Jang-Milsten was successful at No. 5 (6-4, 0-6, 11-9). Isoh stretched to his team-best singles wins total to 14 in 2010-11.
Jang-Milsten also accounted for a point in the sweep against the Crusaders (0-3, 0-1 PL), defeating Chris Das, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 2 singles.
Army swept the doubles contests against Holy Cross in convincing fashion, including an 8-1 victory at the No. 2 spot by junior Andrew Clark and freshman Rommel Vearno. The duo improved to 2-0 this spring as a doubles pair.
Verano was also successful in singles play, defeating Ryan Sullivan at No. 3, 6-4, 6-0.
The Black Knights did not allow the Crusaders to win a set all evening, winning in two sets in all six singles matches.
Army improved to 32-3-2 all-time against Lafayette, while stretching its unblemished mark against Holy Cross to 15-0.
The Black Knights will look to improve their undefeated Patriot League record on Sunday when they host Lehigh at 9 a.m.
Army - 5
Lafayette - 2
Doubles
1. Johnson/Van Velzer (A) def. Haar/Ipeker, 8-3
2. Gallagher/Mercorella (L) def. Holland/Xu, 8-4
3. Isoh/Jang-Milsten (A) def. Gelbman/Morris, 8-4
Singles
1. Asika Isoh (A) def. Justin Haar, 6-4, 6-3
2. Doug Gallagher (L) def. Donald Van Velzer, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. Tripp Johnson (A) def. Scott Gelbman, 6-1, 6-0
4. Alex Holland (A) def. Kyle MacLelland, 6-4, 6-0
5. Henry Jang-Milsten (A) def. Sinan Ipeker, 6-4, 0-6, 11-9
6. Will Mercorella (L) def. Andrew Clark, 6-4, 6-4
Army - 7
Holy Cross - 0
Doubles
1. Kushnirovic/Holland (Army) def. Wierzel/Sullivan, 8-3
2. Clark/Verano (Army) def. Das/Shekar, 8-1
3. Xu/Shaffer (Army) def. Brosnan/McCann, 8-2
Singles
1. Gary Kushnirovic (Army) def. Matt Wierzel, 6-3, 6-2
2. Henry Jang-Milsten (Army) def. Chris Das, 6-1, 6-1
3. Rommel Verano (Army) def. Ryan Sullivan, 6-4, 6-0
4. Josh Cook (Army) def. Chris Brosnan, 6-3, 6-0
5. Allen Xu (Army) def. Conner McCann, 6-3, 6-0
6. Dan Shaffer (Army) def. AJ Shekar, 6-2, 6-2
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