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Winner Vassar VAS (14-5)
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Hobart HOB (14-6)
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Vassar VAS
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Final
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Hobart HOB
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Vassar Upsets Hobart, Advances To Liberty League Title Match

Brewers to play in first championship match since 2013

Ithaca, NY – The #47 Vassar College Men's Tennis team battled to a hard fought 5-4 victory over second seeded and #36 Hobart on Saturday, setting up a date with RPI Sunday morning in the Liberty League Championship match. Nolan Kubiak (Neenah, WI) battled back from a set down to clinch the victory at fifth singles.
 
Saturday's victory pushes Vassar to 14-5 overall, while Hobart falls to 14-6.
 
Doubles
  • Saturday's match featured three hard fought doubles contests with Vassar trailing 2-1 heading into singles play.
  • Kubiak and First Year Henry Zhang (Zhengzhou, China) got the Brewers on the board with an 8-6 victory at the second position.
  • The third doubles match, featuring Pedro Cattaruzzi (Chatham, NJ) and Jay Wong (Hong Kong) went to a tie breaker with Hobart's pair earning a tough 8-7 (7-3) triumph.
 
Singles
  • Vassar battled back to win four of the six singles contests against the Statesman to secure a berth in Sunday's title tilt.
  • Eugene Lee (Chico, CA) brought the Brewers even at 2-2 following a 6-2, 6-3 victory at the fourth position, a victory that improved Lee to 13-4 on the season.
  • Fellow First Year Zhang, gave the Brewers their first lead of the contest after cruising to a 6-2, 6-0 sixth singles victory. The win moved Zhang to 11-4 on the season.
  • Fernando Bauermeister (Winter Park, FL) improved the Brewers' standing to 4-2 after earning a 6-4, 6-1 triumph at the third position.
  • Hobart came back with victories at the first and second positions to even the match at 4-4.
  • After dropping the first set at fifth singles 7-5, Kubiak rallied for 6-2 and 6-0 wins in the final two sets to send Vassar into the championship match.
 
What's Next
  • Vassar moves through to Sunday where it will take on #22 RPI at 9:00 a.m.
  • The Brewers will be in search of their first league title since topping Skidmore in 2013.
 
Doubles
Pesin/Fischer (HOB) def. Bauermeister/Lee (VC), 8-3
Nolan Kubiak/Henry Zhang (VC) def. Steiner/Oyer (HOB), 8-6
Fagerberg/Vallabhajosula (HOB) def. Cattaruzzi/Wong (VC), 8-7 (7-3)
 
Singles
Pesin (HOB) def. Jay Wong (VC), 6-2, 7-5
Fischer (HOB) def. Benjamin Almquist (VC), 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
Fernando Bauermeister (VC) def. Kousaridis (HOB), 6-4, 6-1
Eugene Lee (VC) def. Oyer (HOB), 6-2, 6-3
Nolan Kubiak (VC) def. Fagerberg (HOB), 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
Henry Zhang (VC) def. Grosso (HOB), 6-2, 6-0
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