April 25, 2008

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Boston University men's tennis team advanced to the America East semifinals by defeating Hartford, 4-0, Friday afternoon in the opening rounds. The Terriers will face top-seeded Binghamton in the semifinals on Saturday, April 26 at 10 a.m.

Sophomore Jeff Chudacoff (Highland Park, Ill.) and junior Miron Nissim (Milan, Italy) each won their singles matches, 6-0, 6-0, while junior Tim Sichler (Los Lunas, N.M.) claimed a 6-1, 6-1 win at sixth singles. The Terriers also took the doubles point by winning all three doubles matches.

The America East Tennis Championship utilizes a format of three doubles matches and six singles matches. Doubles matches are played first using eight-game pro sets with a 12-point tie-break at eight games all. The team winning two or more of the doubles matches receives one point in the team scoring. The doubles matches are followed by the singles matches using a best two-of-three sets format. Each singles match is worth one point. A minimum of four points is required to win the team match.

RESULTS

Singles

1. Giulio Galloratti (Boston University) led William White (Hartford), 6-0, 2-1 (DNF)

2. Jeff Chudacoff (Boston University) def. Filip Miletic (Hartford), 6-0, 6-0

3. Charles Weinstein (Boston University) led Tim Glickman (Hartford), 6-1, 2-0 (DNF)

4. Miron Nissim (Boston University) def. Aaron Kooden (Hartford), 6-0, 6-0

5. Hans Sapra (Boston University) led Emmett Drake (Hartford), 6-1, 3-0 (DNF)

6. Tim Sichler (Boston University) def. Mark Goldfinger (Hartford), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

1. Chudacoff/Weinstein (BU) def. White/Glickman (UH), 8-2

2. Galloratti/Phil Demeo (BU) def. Kooden/Drake (UH), 8-1

3. Nippum/Daniel Frid (BU) def. Miletic/Goldfinger (UH), 8-1