BOSTON, Mass. - The UMass Boston men's tennis team posted a 7-2 non-conference victory over visiting Colby-Sawyer College Saturday afternoon at the B.C. High Tennis Courts, improving its overall record to 5-3 for the season.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 7, Colby-Sawyer 2
UMass Boston (5-3)
Colby-Sawyer (7-8)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Beacons got off to a fast start, securing two of the three doubles points up for grabs. The No. 2 pairing of senior
Alexander Comerchero (Brookline, Mass.) and freshman
Rudraksh Trivedi (Gujarat, India) were 8-3 winners over John Turner and Jan Ullmann, while the No. 3 duo of juniors
Pierre-Alexandre Fumat (Noumea, New Caledonia) and
Rez Yuspi (Somerville, Mass.) rolled to an 8-1 win over Alex Edelmann and Charles Graffius.
Trivedi went on to defeat Aiden Jensen 6-0, 6-1 at third singles, while Comerchero was victorious over John Turner at fourth singles 6-1, 6-0. Fumat notched a pair of 6-1 set wins over Edelmann at fifth singles, and Yuspi dispatched Cohl Schusler at sixth singles 6-3, 6-1.
Colby-Sawyers top doubles pairing of Julius Lowman and Jensen recorded an 8-3 win over UMass Boston's top pair of seniors
Miguel Beltran (Ashland, Mass.) and
Nandish Shah (Ahmedabad, India). Shah rebounded to top Ullmann at second singles 6-0, 6-2, while Lowman was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Beltran at first singles.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Beacons will travel to Castleton Thursday for a 4 p.m. conference match.
