Jamaica, NY – After suffering their first conference loss of the season on Tuesday, the Hunter men’s tennis team was back in action on Thursday and closed out CUNY Athletic Conference play with a 9-0 victory over York College on their home courts in Jamaica, NY.

In doubles play, the Hawks had three tandems competing together for the first time this season, yet they were each able to pull out victories. At first doubles, freshman Louis Cruz (Bronx, NY/F.L.A.G.S.) teamed with sophomore Ian Katz (Woodside, NY/American Studies) for an 8-2 win over Erick Giron and Ayman Busat. Senior Noel Marrero (Bronx, NY/Lehman) paired up with freshman Irving Salazar (Corona, NY/John Bowne) to defeat Charlton Distin and Michael Lateef 8-3 at second doubles, while sophomores Mark Goldfinger (New York, NY/School of the Future) and Binh Luu (Bayside, NY/Cardozo) won their third doubles match 8-5.

Sophomore Alex Stanciu (New York, NY/Locust Valley) then grabbed his seventh win of the season in a 6-1, 6-2 match against Busat at first singles. Marrero picked up his fifth win of the year by defeating Lateef 6-0, 6-3 in their second singles match. Competing in the third spot today, Cruz downed Distin 6-3, 6-3, while Katz was victorious at fourth singles 6-1, 6-2. Goldfinger outlasted Kenan Kajtezovic to win a 10-5 super tiebreaker after splitting the first two sets 6-3, 4-6 at fifth singles. Luu closed out the match for the Hawks with a 6-1, 6-0 win at sixth singles, improving his season record to 3-0.

Hunter (11-3, 7-1 CUNYAC) will now look to close out the regular season on a high note when they faceoff with Rutgers-Newark on Saturday for a 1:00 p.m. non-conference match in Newark, NJ.