CUNYAC Men's Tennis - May 06, 2002

Player of The Week - Karthik Jothianandan, CCNY Jr. / #5 flight / New York, NY

A three-year starter for the Beavers, Jothianandan, the #5 singles player mowed down three CUNY opponents last week. In a 2-1 week for the team, the Roslyn High School graduate beat City Tech's Peter Jones 6-0, 6-0; Brooklyn's Mgrank Shukla 6-3, 6-2; and Hunter's Alex Brown 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 to improve to 7-1 on the year in singles. In doubles, he split his two matches and holds a 3-2 mark on the season.

Rookie of The Week - Oded Merion, Hunter Fr. / #2 flight / Ramat Aviv, Island

After starting the season at #4 on the depth chart for the Hawks, Meiron moved to #2 a few matches into the season. Last week he won three singles matches to improve to 8-1 overall and 4-0 in CUNY. Though the squad went 1-2, the K. I. Chavarim school alum beat opponents from Rutgers-Newark 6-4, 0-6, 6-3, followed by CCNY's Michael Kessler 6-4, 6-0 and City Tech's Henry Newton 6-0, 6-0.

* REGULAR SEASON CAHMPIONS

This Week's Schedule

Monday, May 6th
Hunter @ Staten Island 4:00 pm

Tuesday, May 7th
Hunter @ Brooklyn 4:00 pm

Friday, May 10th
CUNYAC Championships @ National Tennis Center 3:00 pm

Saturday, May 11th
CUNYAC Championships @ National Tennis Center 9:00 am

Sunday, May 12th
Raindate for CUNYAC Championships @ National Tennis Center 9:00 am

Last Week Results

Rutgers-Newark 6, Staten Island 3
Brooklyn 8, Stevens Tech 1
Pratt 6, York 3
Baruch 7, Brooklyn 2

CCNY 9, NY City Tech 0
Sarah Lawrence 7, Lehman 2
Stevens Tech 5, Staten Island 4
Rutgers-Newark 8, Hunter 1

Brooklyn 5, CCNY 4
Brooklyn 5, York 4
CCNY 5, Hunter 4
Hunter 9, NY City Tech 0
Ramapo 7, John Jay 2