April 5 , 2005

Peter Piné (above) needs just one more singles win to match the Hobart career record set by Adam Schapiro '96. (Photo by Ken DeBolt)

GENEVA, N.Y.—The Hobart tennis team defeated visiting St. John Fisher College 5-2 this afternoon at the HWS Tennis Center. Senior Peter Piné (Princeton/Princeton, N.J.) led the Statesmen with a straight sets victory at first singles, moving within a single win of the Hobart career record.

Ranked 17th in the Northeast Region, Piné dispatched first-year Aaron Haak (Palmyra-Macedon/Macedon, N.Y.) 6-1, 6-2 to improve his career singles record to 74-21, one win shy of the benchmark established by Hobart Hall of Famer Adam Schapiro ’96. A 2001 Hall of Fame inductee, Schapiro compiled a 75-4 career singles mark.

Hobart also picked up singles victories from first-year Charlie Davis (Manlius-Pebble Hill School/Cazenovia, N.Y.), junior Matt Jacobus (S. Burlington/S. Burlington, Vt.), senior Derrick Moore (Whitesboro/Deerfield, N.Y.), and first-year Nick Raho (Wheeler School/Providence, R.I.) in the No. 3 through No. 6 spots.

Piné will have his first chance to tie the record when the Statesmen travel to Ithaca College on April 7, for a 4 p.m. match.