BOSTON, Mass. – Playing in a pivotal Little East Conference match against Rhode Island College at home on Saturday afternoon, UMass Boston Mne's Tennis fell to the Anchormen, 6-3, dropping to 1-3 in LEC play this season. The Beacons are currently in the fifth spot for the LEC Tournament which sees the top six teams qualify for the postseason.
 
THE BASICS

UMass Boston 3, Rhode Island College 6

UMass Boston (1-7, 1-3 LEC)
Rhode Island College (7-4, 4-1 LEC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The new #1 Doubles duo of junior transfer Patrick Ramos and sophomore Felix Nguyen, who have played together in their last three matches now, took home victory in their match over juniors Josh Brien and Jack Cadden, 8-7, after going to a tiebreaker which they took 7-5. The #2 Doubles went to the way of the visitors as sophomores Noah Morin and Elijah Gouin defeated freshman Maxwell Dill and sophomore Melvin Nina, 8-5.

In the #3 Doubles, the duo of sophomore Karsten Bourgoine and freshman Grady Friedman fell to sophomore Zach Siemmao and senior Peter Pond by a convincing score of 8-1, putting Rhode Island College ahead 2-1 after the doubles.

The #1 Singles and #2 Singles would both need to be decided in a third set as Ramos and Brien split the first two sets, 6-4, before Ramos pulled out the 11-9 victory in the tiebreaker. Meanwhile, Nina would come back from a 6-1 defeat in set one against Morin to take set two, 7-6, before ultimately falling 7-5 in the decisive third set.

Dill would help the Beacons register what would end up being their third and final win of the afternoon, taking down Cadden in the #3 Singles in two sets, 7-6 and 6-3. The final three matches in the #4 through #6 Singles went the way of the Anchormen with Gouin beating Nguyen in straight 6-0 sets, Siemmao taking down Bourgoine 6-0 and 6-1, and then sophomore Andrew Fanning knocking off Friedman 6-2 and 7-5, to deliver Rhode Island College a 6-3 edge in the team score for the day.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• This is UMass Boston's first loss to Rhode Island College since the 2010-11 season, the Beacons had won 12 consecutive matches against the Anchormen heading into today
• Maxwell Dill has now won two of this last three singles matches after dropping his first five
• Patrick Ramos and Felix Nguyen are now 2-1 this season as a #1 Doubles duo
• This season, Patrick Ramos is 6-1 in Singles matches and 5-2 in Doubles matches

 
WHO'S NEXT
UMass Boston closes their regular season on the road with a pair of Little East Conference matchups with the first one coming against the University of Southern Maine at 3:00 PM on Wednesday afternoon. The Beacons have won their last four head-to-head matchups with the Huskies dating back to the 2016-17 season with two of those wins coming in sweeping fashion.