2007 NE-10 Men’s Tennis

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April 23, 2007

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Northeast-10 Player of the Week

Antonio Recalde, Assumption (Jr., No. 1 Singles, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay) - Went a combined 4-0 during the Northeast-10 Championship and was named Northeast-10 Men's Tennis Vern Cox Player-of-the-Year. Teamed with Matt Stopp to go 3-0 at No. 1 doubles and earned a win at No. 1 singles versus Bryant. Also named first-team all-conference in singles and doubles.

Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week

Michael Mashkevich, Stonehill (Fr., No. 2 Singles/No. 2 Doubles, Framingham, MA) – The 2007 Northeast-10 Freshman of the Year posted a combined 3-1 mark in singles and doubles play in a 2-1 week. Had doubles victories during the Northeast-10 Championships over Pace and Bentley.

Weekly Honor Roll:

Jared Dorfman, Assumption (So., No. 3 Singles, Providence, RI) - Went a combined 3-1 during the Northeast-10 Championships and was named First-Team All Conference in singles and doubles. Teamed with Dave Marshall to go 2-1 at No. 2 doubles and earned a win at No. 3 singles against Bryant.

Rich Leiberman, Assumption (Jr., No. 3 dDoubles, East Haddam, CT) - Teamed with Tom Nowak to go 2-0 at No. 3 doubles at the Northeast-10 Championships.

Dave Marshall, Assumption (Sr., No. 4 Singles, Newington, CT) - Went a combined 3-1 during the Northeast-10 Championships and was named Second-Team All Conference in singles and First-Team in doubles. Teamed with Jared Dorfman to go 2-1 at No. 2 doubles and won at No. 4 singles against Bentley.

Tom Nowak, Assumption (Fr., No. 5 Singles, Medfield, MA) - Went a combined 4-0 during the Northeast-10 Championship, teaming with Rich Leiberman to go 2-0 at No. 3 doubles and 2-0 at No. 5 singles.

Matt Stopp, Assumption (Sr., No. 2 Singles, Altoona, PA) - Went a combined 4-0 during the Northeast-10 Championships and was named First-Team All Conference in singles and doubles. Teamed with Antonio Recalde to go 3-0 at No. 1 doubles and won at No. 2 singles against Bryant.

Steve Tlumacki, Assumption (So., No. 6 Singles, Holliston, MA) - Earned a win at No. 6 singles against Bryant in the Northeast-10 Semi-final match.

Greg Avola, Bentley (Sr., No. 2 Singles, No. 1 Doubles, Framingham, MA) - Went 3-1 at the Northeast-10 Championship this past week. Won at top-flight doubles against Merrimack in the quarterfinals and captured both singles and doubles victories against Stonehill in the semifinals.

Greg Maloomian, Bentley (Sr., No. 1 Singles, No. 1 Doubles, Needham, MA) - Went 3-1 at the top flight in the Northeast-10 Championship this past week. Earned a doubles win against Merrimack in the quarterfinals and won at both singles and doubles against Stonehill in the semifinals.

Sean Steigerwald, Saint Michael's (So., No. 4 singles, No. 3 doubles, North Andover, MA) – Had an 8-3 doubles victory, at the Northeast-10 Quarterfinals at Bryant. Added a 6-2, 6-0 singles win in the regular-season finale against Franklin Pierce.

Andy DeVita, Stonehill (Sr., No. 3 Doubles, Milford, MA) – Posted a 4-0 combined mark in a 2-1 week. Won in both singles and doubles play in a 5-0 Northeast-10 quarterfinal round victory over Pace and posting a win at No. 3 doubles in a 5-3 setback to Bentley in the semifinals.
Matt Grabala, Stonehill (Sr., No. 1 singles/No. 2 Doubles, Bristol, CT) - Posted a 3-1 combined mark in singles and doubles play in a 2-1 week. Had a pair of doubles triumphs in the Northeast-10 Championships over Pace and Bentley.

Weekly Notes:

ASSUMPTION: The Greyhounds won their ninth straight Northeast-10 Championship and will be an automatic qualifier into the NCAA’s.

STONEHILL: The Skyhawks presented Head Coach Peter Miller with his 200th career victory in Thursday's Northeast-10 quarterfinal round triumph over Pace, as the 27th year mentor has averaged nearly eight dual-match triumphs per season during his tenure. Thursday's quarterfinal round victory enabled Stonehill to match the school single-season record for victories (15) that the Skyhawks established last season, as Stonehill is 30-11 (.732) in the last two springs combined.