Cabrini wins 2017 CSAC Men's Tennis title with win over Immaculata
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Cabrini University men’s tennis team captured the 2017 Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) men’s tennis championship with a 5-0 win over Immaculata University in the conference’s championship match on Saturday afternoon.
With the win, the Cavaliers earn the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, set for mid-May. This marked the first CSAC title for Cabrini since winning the then-PAC title back in 2001.
Cabrini, who went a perfect 7-0 in CSAC action, won all three doubles and two of six singles matches to take the victory.
Starting in doubles, the first flight team of junior Alijah Broadnax (Cape May Court House, N.J./Middle Township) and senior Sean Jaeger (Burlington, N.J./Burlington Township) defeated Immaculata senior Michael Griffin III (Rockledge, Pa./Abington) and sophomore Dom Ramsden (Woolwich Township, N.J./Kingsway Regional) 8-2.
The Cavaliers went up 2-0 at number three flight doubles as the team of freshman Nick Tilley (Malvern, Pa./The Phelps School) and sophomore Nick Scaramuzza (West Chester, Pa./Woodlynde) defeated senior Shane Morales (Pennsauken, N.J./Camden Catholic) and senior Luke Santoni (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) 8-4 to go up 2-0.
The second flight doubles match was tightly contested, but, Cabrini gutted out a 8-3 decision as the eam of freshman Charles LaMantia (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) and freshman Matthew DeMaria (Newtown, Pa./Notre Dame) defeated Immaculata’s senior John Binner (Garwood, N.J./Arthur L. Johnson) and freshman Ryan McDowell (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township) 8-3.
In singles play, Cabrini won at second and first flight to clinch the match. At number two flight, Jaeger defeated Griffin III, 6-0, 6-1, while Broadnax defeated Ramsden 6-1, 6-0 at number one flight to win the match.