The Cabrini men’s tennis team took the court against the visiting Rutgers-Camden University Raptors on Thursday, April 24. The Cavs could not get past the Raptors as they dropped the match 9-0
Kevin Ziemba and Michael Steinberger would go on to defeat the No. 1 doubles pairing of Anthony DiCicco and Sean Neary by a score of 8-2. Onkar Sing and Drew Delengowski defeated the pair of Joe Halbherr and Mike Halbherr by a final of 8-2. The Cavaliers were forced to forfeit their No. 3 doubles pair as they did not have any players to face off against Rutgers-Camden. This gave Long and Lloyd Peterson the victory.
Things did not get much better for the Cavaliers when it came to their singles play. Long would defeat DiCicco in two sets by mirrored scores of 6-1. Neary would fall to Sing in two sets by scores of 6-2 and 6-2. Ziemba would defeat Colin Kilroy in two sets with scores of 6-2 and 6-0. Halbherr would fall to Peterson in two sets by scores of 6-0 and 6-1. Steinberger would go on to defeat Halbherr in two sets by scores of 6-0 and 6-0. The Cavaliers would have to forfeit another match, this one coming from their number six singles, giving Joseph Tyrrell the victory.
This dropped the Cavaliers to 4-12 on the season and was their second loss in a row. The team will take on the Harford Community College Fighting Owls in their season finale this Wednesday, April 30. First serve is set for 4 p.m.
