Men's Tennis

Villanova Takes Three Championships in Stony Brook Classic

Sept. 7, 2015

STONY BROOK, N.Y. - The Villanova men's tennis team earned three championships in the Stony Brook Classic to start the 2015 season.

The three championships claimed by the Wildcats came in flight B of doubles action and the C and D flights of singles competition.

Luis Miranda (San Diego, Calif./St. Augustine) and Alastair Hurry (Newport Beach, Calif./St. Margaret's Episcopal School) teamed up to go 4-0 on the weekend and win the Doubles B tournament. The pair won 7-5 in the first round before back-to-back 6-3 wins to advance to the championship. They won the championship 7-6 over the Fairleigh Dickinson duo of Bourne and Carvolho.

Thomas Dodson won the Singles C tournament in his first collegiate tournament. The freshman advanced with scores of 6-2, 6-1 in the first round, 6-4, 6-0 in the second round and 6-2, 6-0 in the third round. Dodson then defeated Stony Brook's Hari Rohan 6-0, 6-2 to claim the championship.

Gary Aloian, also a freshman, won the Singles D tournament in his first action as a Wildcat. Aloian won with scores of 6-2, 7-5 in round one, 6-3, 6-1 in round two, and 7-6, 6-4 in the third round. He won the championship with a 6-2, 7-6 win over Hofstra's Leonardo Pires.

Chris Seitz (Pennington, N.J./Hun School) finished runner-up in the Singles A championship, losing 7-5, 6-1 in the championship match.

STONY BROOK CLASSIC

Singles A Chris Seitz: 2-1 Runner-up Bradley Noyes: 0-1, 1-1 consolation Purdy: 0-1, 3-0 consolation

Singles B Matthew Phelps: 1-1 Justin Burrus: 1-1 Luis Miranda: 1-1, 3-0 consolation

Singles C Thomas Dodson: 4-0 Champion Alastair Hurry: 1-1 Gorwara: 1-1

Singles D Gary Aloain: 4-0 Champion

Doubles A Seitz/Noyes: 1-1 Phelps/Burrus: 1-1 Dodson/Purdy: 1-1

Doubles B Miranda/Hurry: 4-0 Champions Aloain/Gorwara: 0-1

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Dodson

Thomas Dodson

Freshman
Justin Burrus

Justin Burrus

Freshman
Alastair Hurry

Alastair Hurry

Freshman
Luis Miranda

Luis Miranda

Sophomore
Bradley Noyes

Bradley Noyes

Sophomore
Chris Seitz

Chris Seitz

Junior

Players Mentioned

Thomas Dodson

Thomas Dodson

Freshman
Justin Burrus

Justin Burrus

Freshman
Alastair Hurry

Alastair Hurry

Freshman
Luis Miranda

Luis Miranda

Sophomore
Bradley Noyes

Bradley Noyes

Sophomore
Chris Seitz

Chris Seitz

Junior