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Bethlehem, Pa. - Stony Brook University's men's and women's tennis teams each cruised to wins over Lehigh on Monday afternoon. The women blanked the Mountain Hawks, 7-0, while the men won, 6-1.
The women started the match out by easily earning the doubles point. Senior Paola Rodolfi (Asuncion, Paraguay) and sophomore Prerana Appineni (Hyderabad, India) won, 8-1, at No. 1 while sophomore Anna Pieschl (Gothenburg, Sweden) and freshman Aylin Mehter (Massapequa, N.Y.) coasted to an 8-2 victory at No. 2. At No. 3, junior Fanny Charliquart (Gueugnon, France) and sophomore Katherine Hanson (Smithtown, N.Y.) also won, 8-3.
SBU cruised through the singles matches as well as freshman Nini Lagvilava (Tbilisi, Georgia) won 6-0, 6-1, at the No. 1 spot while Pieschl won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2. Rodolfi defeated Stacey Reich, 6-3, 6-0 at No. 3 while Appineni won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4. Mehter and junior Gayatri Krishnan (Chennai, India) dropped just one combined game at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively.
Lehigh opened the men's match by taking the doubles point. Junior Ivan Rummel (Budapest, Hungary) and sophomore Max Sxtabholz (Paris, France) won the lone doubles match for the Seawolves, 8-5, at No. 3.

But SBU dominated in singles play, winning all six matches. Rummel, senior Jon Epstein (Silver Spring, Md.) and freshman Roope Kailaheimo (Helsinki, Finland) each won in straight sets at the first three singles spots.
After dropping the first set, sophomore Mitch Wong (Tampa, Fla.) rallied to win the final two sets at No. 4. Senior Ilan Shvartz (Haifa, Isreal) won in three sets at No. 6 while freshman Palash Tiwari won in straight sets at No. 5.
The men and women return to action on Tuesday, taking on UMBC.
WomenStony Brook 7, Lehigh 0Doubles1. Rodolfi/Appineni (SB) def. Arthofer/Piscitelli (LU) 8-12. Pieschl/Mehter (SB) def. Reich/Muething (LU) 8-23. Charliquart/Hanson (SB) def. Murasko-Blank/Breit (LU) 8-3
Singles1. Nini Lagvilava (SB) def. Julie Arthofer (LU) 6-0, 6-12. Anna Pieschl (SB) def. Liz Piscitelli (LU) 6-2, 6-03. Paola Rodolfi (SB) def. Stacey Reich (LU) 6-3, 6-04. Prerana Appineni (SB) def. Patricia Muething (LU) 6-1, 6-25. Aylin Mehter (SB) def. Kiera Murasko-Blank (LU) 6-0, 6-16. Gayatri Krishnan (SB) def. Izzy Breit (LU) 6-0, 6-0
MenStony Brook 6, Lehigh 1Doubles1. List/Laffey (LU) def. Kailahemo/Tiwari (SB) 8-62. Richardson/Savran (LU) def. Epstein/Wong (SB) 8-53. Rummel/Sztabholz (SB) def. Krueger/Silbert (LU) 8-5
Singles1. Ivan Rummel (SB) def. Troy List (LU) 6-3, 6-32. Jon Epstein (SB) def. Collin Laffey (LU) 6-4, 6-43. Roope Kailaheimo (SB) def. Leland Richardson (LU) 6-4, 6-34. Mitch Wong (SB) def. Edgars Rauza (LU) 6-7, 6-2, 7-55. Palash Tiwari (SB) def. Ryan Krueger (LU) 7-5, 6-46. Ilan Schvarz (SB) def. Andrew Krentz (LU) 4-6, 6-3, 14-12