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Eric Ambrosio Moves Into Third All-Time in Program History With 123 Wins in QU Men's Tennis 6-1 Victory Over Fairfield
4/2/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's tennis senior Eric Ambrosio (Lloyd Harbor, New York) used a pair of victories Thursday afternoon to move into third place in program history with 123 victories in the Bobcats 6-1 win over its MAAC Rival the Fairfield Stags at the QU Outdoor Tennis Courts.
Ambrosio was tied with former Quinnipiac men's tennis player Brian Mikkelson '11 with 121 wins coming into the match before picking up two victories on the afternoon. Next up on the list for Ambrosio is James Kwei '12 with 127 career victories. Ambrosio is the all-time singles wins leader in Quinnipiac men's tennis history with 72 wins while his 51 doubles wins are tied with Charles Feldman '10 for fourth in program history. This season, Ambrosio is 32-21 overall with and is tied for the team lead with 19 singles wins.
Kei Ezaka (Ojai, California) was the only other Bobcat in the match to pick up two victories on the day as he is playing some of his best tennis yet. Ezaka has won four consecutive individual matches and eight of his last ten. Pairing up with Ryoma Haraguchi (New York, New York) in doubles, the pair have won five straight matches since being paired together and are 5-0 this season.
The Bobcats picked up the crucial doubles point to start the match and sway the momentum in their favor. With all three doubles teams remaining the same for the second consecutive match, Ambrosio and van Biezen took the court at No. 3 doubles and cruised past Dylan Appel and Luke Lemieux, 8-3. Fairfield evened up the score as they took the No. 1 doubles match with Quinnipiac's Kuwert and Roser falling to Cameron Amyot and Ofir Solomon, 8-5.
The Bobcats then won a highly contested matchup at No. 2 doubles between the Bobcats duo of Ezaka and Haraguchi, and the Stags' Brad Orban and George Tioutine. The back and forth match went a tiebreaker set where the Bobcats eventually pulled away with the victory to take doubles point with the 8-7 (7-5) win.
In singles play, the Bobcats took five of six matches to secure their third consecutive conference victory to open up the MAAC season. Julian Rozenstein (Marlboro, New Jersey) cruised to an easy straight set victory over Amyot, 6-0, 6-2, for his 29th victory of the season. Finishing up not too match after Rozenstein was Kuwert at No. 2 singles, as Kuwert blanked Solomon in the second set to win 6-3, 6-0 for his 25th victory. Ambrosio picked up the other straight set victory for the Bobcats as he knocked off Fairfield's Tioutine in No. 3 singles, 6-3, 6-1, to clinch the match for the Bobcats.
Ezaka and Kyle Alper (Dix Hills, New York) battled to three set victories for the Bobcats. Ezaka faced off with Orban in No. 1 doubles and after falling in the first set, Ezaka came on strong to take the next two sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Alper also lost his first set in a match with Peter Colliard but after stealing momentum in the second set, Alper came back to clinch a win with a strong third set, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.
Roser nearly completed the sweep for the Bobcats after winning the first set of his match. A tough set loss gave momentum to Appel and Roser lost in three sets, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 10-2.
Doubles:
#1 – Amyot/Solomon (Fairfield) def. Kuwert/Roser (QU): 8-5
#2 – Ezaka/Haraguchi (QU) def. Orban/Tioutine (Fairfield): 8-7 (7-5)
#3 – Ambrosio/van Biezen (QU) def. Appel/Lemieux (Fairfield): 8-3
Singles:
#1 – Ezaka (QU) def. Orban (Fairfield): 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
#2 – Kuwert (QU) def. Solomon (Fairfield): 6-3, 6-0
#3 – Ambrosio (QU) def. Tioutine (Fairfield): 6-3, 6-1
#4 – Rozenstein (QU) def. Amyot (Fairfield): 6-0, 6-2
#5 – Appel (Fairfield) def. Roser (QU): 3-6, 7-6 (6), 10-2
#6 – Alper (QU) def. Colliard (Fairfield): 4-6, 6-4, 10-7
The Bobcats will get a few days off before returning to action on Tuesday, April 7 in Poughkeepsie, New York as they hit the road to face the Marist Red Foxes at the Marist Tennis Pavilion with the match set to begin at 3 P.M.
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