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APRIL 21, 2007KING'S TENNIS ADVANCES TO FREEDOM CONFERENCE FINAL WITH 5-3 SEMI-FINAL WIN OVER FDU
MADISON, NJ -- The King's College men's tennis team advanced to the championship match of the Freedom Conference Tournament as the Monarchs posted a 5-3 victory over FDU-Florham Saturday at Drew University, Madison, NJ.
With the win, the second-seeded Monarchs improved to 13-5 on the year while third-seeded FDU-Florham fell to 7-8.
The Monarchs move on the Freedom Conference final when King's will play top-seeded host Drew University for the championship Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Drew reached the title match with a 7-1 win over fourth-seeded Wilkes.
King's started the match off by winning two of three doubles contests to take a 2-1 lead into singles. Mike Portonova, Nick Hojsack, and David Kaluzavich all picked up victories for King's to clinch the match. The big win for the Monarchs came at number-two singles when Hojsack avenged a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Alex Bruin back on March 31 to register a critical 6-1, 6-1 victory. King's David Boe led John Zalesky 6-1, 5-5 at number-four singles, but when the match was clinched, play was halted.
Portonova and Hojsack teamed to pick up a win in doubles while Kaluzavich and Matt Dunne picked up King's other doubles victory.
King's 5 - FDU-Florham 3
Singles
Mike Portonova (K) d. Adam Geiger, 6-1, 6-1
Nick Hojsack (K) d. Alex Bruin, 6-1, 6-1
Jason Thalmann (F) d. Blake Bonser, 6-0, 6-0
Yiannis Ioannides (F) d. Matt Dunne, 6-1, 6-1
David Boe (K) led John Zalesky, 6-1, 5-5 (match suspended)
David Kaluzavich (K) d. Sid Dunn, 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
Portonova/Hojsack (K) d. Geiger/Thalmann, 9-7
Bruin/Zalesky (F) d. Bonser/Boe, 9-5
Dunne/Kaluzavich (K) d. Ioannides/Dunn, 8-6
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