Men's Tennis Falls 5-4 to Visiting Colby-Sawyer

Men's Tennis Falls 5-4 to Visiting Colby-Sawyer
MILTON, Mass. – Colby-Sawyer College slipped past Curry College, 5-4, in The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) men's tennis action Tuesday afternoon in Milton. With the win, the Chargers improve to 6-9 overall and 4-3 in TCCC play while the Colonels fall to 6-7 overall and 4-3 in league action.

The two teams split the six singles matches. Colby-Sawyer got wins at #1 from Gustav Norberg, who defeated Gregory Kirschner, 7-6, 6-1; #2 from Ben Dabush, who defeated Charlie Edlund, 6-1, 6-2; and #4 from Chris Lavoie, who defeated Tyler Dulmage, 6-1, 6-3.

Curry earned singles points at #3, as Brian Leahy defeated Adam Whitman, 6-3, 6-4; #6, as Ben Radzicki defeated Jamie Thormann, 6-4, 6-3; and #5, as J.D. Moyer defeated Robert Barnes in three sets, capturing the third-set tiebreaker, 15-13.

The visitors captured two of three doubles contests: Norberg and Whitman knocked off Leahy and Kirschner, 8-5, at #1, while Dabush and Barnes took care of Radzicki and Edlund, 8-2, at #2. The hosts took the #3 doubles contest as Dulmage and Moyer captured an 8-6 decision over Thormann and Lavoie.

Curry hosts Eastern Nazarene on April 15 at 3:00 p.m. while Colby-Sawyer travels to Nichols on April 17 for a 12:00 p.m. contest.

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