Poughkeepsie, NY- Fairfield University won singles matches at the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 positions enroute to capturing the 2006 ECAC North Tennis Championships Sunday afternoon hosted by Vassar College.

The Stags led the field with 12 points, followed by Vassar in second (8) and a three-way tie for third with St. Peter's, SUNY-Oneonta and New York University each having 5.5 points.

Vassar captured the No. 5 singles spot while NYU took the No. 1 singles spot. Vassar also won the No. 1 doubles competition.

Fairfield's Ryan Berthold defeated JJ Grammatica of St. Peter's, 6-3, 6-4, to win the No. 2 singles title. At third singles, FU's Chip Palumbo defeated Vassar's Mike Mattelson 6-4, 6-1. Fairfield's final singles victory came at No. 4, where Zack Morrison upended Oneonta's Matt Steinhauser, 6-4, 6-2.

NYU's Mikhail Gurevich won the No. 1 singles championship with a 7-6, 7-6 slugfest win over Fairfield's John Fernando.

Vassar's Jeremy Rosen outdueled Andrew Maple of St. Peter's to claim the No. 5 singles title, 6-2, 6-4.

VC also took the sole doubles competition with the team of Mayer/Babbage defeating Oneonta's Kanzaki/Pettus, 6-3, 6-4.