CANTON, N.Y. -- Skidmore, the #1 seed, defeated Vassar 4-0 to win the Liberty League Championship. St. Lawrence battled the Union Dutchmen to a tough 4-3 win in the third-place match of the 2005 Liberty League Tennis Championship Sunday afternoon in Canton, N.Y. Hobart defeated RPI 4-0 to finish fifth in the tournament.
For the eighth consecutive match, the Saints opened their match by taking the doubles point. Matt Dwyer and Mike Wiltshire defeated
Andrew Draznin and
Billy Goldstein 8-2 at #1 doubles. Neil Cutter and George Barbieri followed with an 8-3 win at #2 doubles over
Andrew Shohet and
Drew Goldstein. Dwyer then beat Draznin 6-3, 6-3 at #1 singles to give the Saints a 2-0 lead. St. Lawrence won at #5 singles and Union then took wins at #2, 3, and 4 singles to knot the match at 3-3.
Bill Goldstein defeated Neil Cutter at #4 singles. Goldstein took the first set 6-1 then lost the second 6-3. He then won the super-tiebreaker 12-10. Shohet defeated Barbieri at #3 in a marathon match. Barbieri won the first set 7-5 then Shohet took the second set 7-5. In the super-tiebreaker Shohet edged Barbieri 11-9. Terran Palmer-Angell then pushed that lead to 3-2 with a 6-3, 6-2 win over
Drew Goldstein at #5 singles.
Trey Minter beat Mike Wiltshire 6-3, 7-6 (3) at #2 to knot the match at 3-3. The match then came down to the #6 singles spot. Amin Danai defeated
Tom Haynes 6-2, 6-2 to win the match for St. Lawrence.