With last nights win over Trinity, the team capped off a 4-0 run. On Saturday, our match against Bowdoin started outdoors, but within a few games of doubles the rain started and we headed indoors. We ended up dropping the doubles point losing at #1 and #2 but came out firing in singles. The top 3 took care of business in straight sets, with Nick having a great win over Sullivan. At 4 and 5, Will and Kevin won in 3 and at 6, Karol lost with the match already clinched for a 6-3 win. Sundays match was against lower ranked Colby. After going up 2-1 in the doubles, Coach Donn gave several players and the option to take the day off from singles to rest up for Bates. Nick, Rick, and I played but Kevin and Will took the day putting Ari and Bret into the lineup at 5 and 6 respectively. All 6 courts had straight set wins to take the match 8-1.
With 2 matches down we were ready to keep things going against the always tough Bates squad. The weather was poor and the match was played inside. We took 2 of 3 doubles with the loss coming at #1 to the tough team of Stein/Ruupasinghe. At #3 doubles, Kevin and I blanked our opponents 8-0 beating the other teams off the court by at least 30 minutes. In singles, Nick and I won relatively quickly at 1 and 2, giving the team a 4-1 edge. At 3, Rick lost a close 3 set match. Petrie was feeling under the weather and didn't play singles, and Kevin came through to clinch the match in 3 sets. Karol and Bret both won giving the team a 7-2 victory. After last years close match with Bates, it was nice to see the team stay focused and take care of business.
Last year we lost to Trinity and it definitely left a bitter feeling. We all remembered the Bantoms storming the courts and it gave us motivation to clamp down and play good tennis. Like the match against Bowdoin, we started off outdoors for a few games but quickly moved inside. Kevin and I were first off at #3 beating a previously unbeaten team 8-4. At that point, we were down breaks at both #1 and #2. Bret and Dicken came up short losing by 1 break, while Nick and Will fought back from a 4-1 deficit to win a well fought tiebreaker. Up 2-1, the singles started with close matches on the top 3 courts, and Will winning handily at #4. Petrie was the first one off the court. At that point, I had won my 1st set but was about to split, and Nick and Rick had each dropped their first sets. After a shaky 2nd set, I played smarter tennis in the 3rd and took it easily 6-1 to give the team a 4-1 lead. Rick battled back to split and played a great 3rd to clinch the match 5-1. For ranking purposes, Nick finished his match and won in a superbreaker to make the final match score 6-1. The win capped off a great stretch for the team.
We travel to Middlebury on Saturday for another big match and then play Hamilton on Sunday. We're looking forward to beating Middlebury for the second straight year and are also excited for the 80+ weather expected for the match. These are the last two regular season matches of the year, with NESCAC's starting up May 1st. I'll post again Sunday after we get back from Hamilton.
-Jeremy
With 2 matches down we were ready to keep things going against the always tough Bates squad. The weather was poor and the match was played inside. We took 2 of 3 doubles with the loss coming at #1 to the tough team of Stein/Ruupasinghe. At #3 doubles, Kevin and I blanked our opponents 8-0 beating the other teams off the court by at least 30 minutes. In singles, Nick and I won relatively quickly at 1 and 2, giving the team a 4-1 edge. At 3, Rick lost a close 3 set match. Petrie was feeling under the weather and didn't play singles, and Kevin came through to clinch the match in 3 sets. Karol and Bret both won giving the team a 7-2 victory. After last years close match with Bates, it was nice to see the team stay focused and take care of business.
Last year we lost to Trinity and it definitely left a bitter feeling. We all remembered the Bantoms storming the courts and it gave us motivation to clamp down and play good tennis. Like the match against Bowdoin, we started off outdoors for a few games but quickly moved inside. Kevin and I were first off at #3 beating a previously unbeaten team 8-4. At that point, we were down breaks at both #1 and #2. Bret and Dicken came up short losing by 1 break, while Nick and Will fought back from a 4-1 deficit to win a well fought tiebreaker. Up 2-1, the singles started with close matches on the top 3 courts, and Will winning handily at #4. Petrie was the first one off the court. At that point, I had won my 1st set but was about to split, and Nick and Rick had each dropped their first sets. After a shaky 2nd set, I played smarter tennis in the 3rd and took it easily 6-1 to give the team a 4-1 lead. Rick battled back to split and played a great 3rd to clinch the match 5-1. For ranking purposes, Nick finished his match and won in a superbreaker to make the final match score 6-1. The win capped off a great stretch for the team.
We travel to Middlebury on Saturday for another big match and then play Hamilton on Sunday. We're looking forward to beating Middlebury for the second straight year and are also excited for the 80+ weather expected for the match. These are the last two regular season matches of the year, with NESCAC's starting up May 1st. I'll post again Sunday after we get back from Hamilton.
-Jeremy
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