DELHI, N.Y. (March 23, 2018) -- The SUNY Delhi men's tennis team opened their season on Friday with an afternoon match against Houghton. Armed with several newcomers, the Broncos fell to the Highlanders by a 9-0 score. 

Delhi dropped the three doubles contests by matching 8-1 scores. Senior Lac Van came the closest to a set victory for the Broncos in the singles competition in the two spot. After falling, 6-0, in the first set, Van challenged Jake Fisler to a close second set, but fell just short by a 6-4 score. Freshman Jefferson Iliev posted a strong first set against Dylan Scherer at three singles, falling by just a 6-3 score. He was defeated, however, in set two, 6-0. After dropping the first set, 6-0, Marcos Andrino fought back in the second set against Bjorn Webb in four singles, coming up just short, 6-2. In the number-one column, Michael Zawadzki rebounded from a 6-0 defeat to Jordan Crouch in set one to post two points in the second set. The same situation applied for Robart Zawadzki in the one slot against Jordan Crouch.

SUNY Delhi is set to head down to New York City for two road weekend contests. The first is at Culinary Institute on Saturday at 6:00 p.m., followed by a road meeting with Pratt Institute on Sunday at 12 noon.