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The
Moravian College men’s tennis team posted an overall record of 9-6
and finished 3-3 in the Commonwealth Conference under the direction of
head coach Jim Walker, who completed his 27th season
at the school. The Greyhounds also made their first postseason appearance
in five years, falling to Messiah College in the Commonwealth Conference
Semifinals.
Senior Neil Caniga (Hampton, NJ/Voorhees HS) ended
the season with a 14-2 overall record including a 6-0 record in conference
matches. Caniga, who was named to the Commonwealth All-Conference
First Team for the fourth straight year, finished his career third in
school history in singles wins with 45 and second all-time in doubles
victories with 35.
Caniga also teamed up with freshmen Ian Box
(Charlestown, MA/The Rivers School) in doubles for a 13-4 overall
record, which tied the school record for wins in a season by a doubles
team. Box, who was on the Commonwealth All-Conference
First Team and was the Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year, had
a 13-5 singles record to end out the season as well.
Senior
Scott Shelbo (Bethlehem, PA/Freedom HS) ended his Moravian tennis
career with a singles record of 11-12. Shelbo entered
doubles with sophomore Lee Gustin (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS)
and had an overall record of 5-11, while Gustin had a 5-13 singles record
for the year. Sophomore Keith Feinman (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield
HS) had a singles record of 12-10, while in doubles he had an
overall record of 5-11 with sophomore Jeremiah Reinhart (Effort,
PA/Pleasant Valley HS). Reinhart completed an
11-9 singles record on the season.
Feinman was named to the 2007 Middle Atlantic States
Collegiate Athletic Corporation Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Coach Walker and Moravian are slated to return four
players next season and will look again to challenge for a postseason
berth in the new Landmark Conference next year.
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