From University of Rochester Athletics
Senior Julian Danko topped junior teammate Ian Baranowski to
capture the A flight singles title at the UR Men's Tennis Fall
Invitational on Sunday afternoon at the Lyman Tennis Center.
Danko was a 6-2, 7-6 (7) winner over Baranowski in the all
Rochester final. It was an all RPI final in the B singles
bracket with Stephen Baxter defeating Anthony Kim 6-2, 6-1.
In the doubles bracket, Rensselaer's McKinley Grimes and Brandon
Mazzara topped Hobart's Michael Fields and Matt DePrima by an 8-6
score to take the title. The opening weekend tournament
featured three teams, Rochester, Rensselaer and Hobart.
With the win, Danko moves to 4-0 on the season in singles and is
7-1 overall combined with doubles. He and junior Ben Shapiro
ended 3rd in the doubles bracket after losing a tight match in the
semifinals before winning in the consolation match by an 8-3
score.
Overall in the A flight singles bracket, Rochester took home five
of the top seven places with Danko and Baranowski going 1-2 and
sophomore Jonny Baker topping Shapiro for 5th place.
Sophomore Sam Leeman ended 7th as well. Baker and Leeman
ended sixth in the doubles bracket.
Also on Saturday, UR had some success in the B singles consolation
bracket. Sophomore Ryan Zu won two matches while Matt Golub
and Ben Mermelstein each were victorious one time.