In what could be described as a great success, Binghamton University’s men’s tennis team went 15-6 overall at this past weekend’s National Tennis Center Invitational, the team’s second tournament of the fall season.

Binghamton sent sophomores Arnav Jain and Sven Vloedgraven, junior Moshe Levy and freshman Gilbert Wong to the event in Flushing, N.Y. Vloedgraven/Wong and Jain/Levy were the two doubles pairs that competed in the events.

Three Binghamton players went 3-1, and one 2-1, in singles matches. While all of the Bearcats played well, Jain was especially impressive, claiming runner-up honors in the fourth singles flight. Vloedgraven rebounded from a first-round loss in the second singles flight by winning his next three consolation matches. Levy made it to the second round of the fifth singles flight, where he lost to eventual flight champion Alistair Felton of Harvard. Levy would go on to win his only consolation match. Freshman Gilbert Wong, who described this weekend’s competition as “tough,” had a strong showing, going 3-1 in the fifth flight.

Coach Adam Cohen, who states that his goal is to get into the top 10 in the regional rankings, was encouraged by his team’s performance at the event.

“Nobody surprised me. [The players] that we sent to the tournament are our best four guys and they played as such,” Cohen said. “If these guys play well, they can hang with anybody.”

Cohen said it is good for Binghamton any time they can beat Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Cornell.

“We’re closing this gap that used to exist between our program and [the traditionally elite] programs. It makes us believe that we can play at that level and it makes them respect us more,” he said.

After completing his first tournament of the season, Levy echoed his coach’s statements: “[These wins against the top programs speak] volumes for us both individually and as a team. [This season we are looking to] put Binghamton tennis among the top in the region and in the top 100 in the nation … We [have to] show many good teams that Binghamton is not to be underestimated.”

Levy, the oldest player on the team, will not compete in all tournaments this fall to avoid furthering an injury he has been dealing with. However, he is striving to be a big influence in terms of helping his less experienced teammates.

“I hope that I can help push my younger teammates forward to perform to the best of their abilities,” he said.

The Bearcats will travel to New Jersey this weekend to play in the Princeton Farnsworth Invitational.