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COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND ATHLETICS
MTN 19 - Gameday 042319

GAMEDAY: MEN'S TENNIS VS. FARMINGDALE STATE, 4:30PM

4/23/2019 11:00:00 AM

The College of Staten Island men's tennis team had their eight-match win streak halted on Saturday, but with the CUNYAC Tournament looming, CSI will be looking to get back in the win column this week, starting with their non-conference match this afternoon against FDU-Florham.  

CSI vs. FDU-FLORHAM
Matchup: College of Staten Island (8-2) vs. FDU-Florham (12-6)
Where: FDU - Florham - 285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ
All-Time Series:  CSI leads, 4-2
Last Meeting: April 22, 2018 - CSI won 5-4
Players to Watch (CSI): After 10 matches this season, CSI is being led by the Singles play of Alex Tsui, who takes a 9-1 Singles record and a nine-match winning streak into this one.  Tsui is 6-0 in the No. 4 spot this season as well.  Both Lesly DeCastro and Raymond Hwang are 7-2 in Singles action this season.  Hwang has done most of his damage at the No. 3 position at 5-1, and DeCastro is a combined 6-1 in the Nos. 5-6 slots.  Those two have also paired up in Doubles and are 5-2 as a duo in the No. 3 spot.  CSI as a team in 9-1 in the No. 3 spot.  The duo of Matthew Vesci and Tao Lin are also hot this year, going 9-1 as a team, all at No. 2.  
Players to Watch (FDU): The Devils are being led in Singles by John Bricker, who boasts a 12-7 record this season that includes an 8-5 mark in his natural No. 3 position.  JT Murray is next in line with 9 wins in Singles, including four wins in the No. 4 slot.  Brendon Urbano has been solid near the bottom of the order, boasting a 6-3 mark, all at the Nos. 4-6 positions.  Rich Bennett is 6-10 this season, but all of that has been at the No. 1 position, as he has held his own there.  He has teammed with Kevin Weller to post a 9-7 record at No. 1 Doubles as well.
News & Notes:  These two teams have been meeting since 2008, but had a six-year hiatus from one-another before last year's meeting, won by CSI, 5-4.  Today marks only the third time the teams are meeting in Madison.  The Dolphins defeated FDU, 9-0, in their last meeting here, back in 2010, while FDU won the first-ever meeting, back in 2008, 7-2.  FDU is on a three-match win streak and are 3-2 at home this season.  Both of these teams defeated St. Joseph's (Brooklyn), 9-0, and they both were able to get by Brooklyn College, 6-3.  CSI recently had their eight-match win streak halted, but they are still on a winning streak in away meets, having won four in a row and are 4-1 on the road so far this season.
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