Men's Tennis Loses to Babson in NEWMAC Semi-Finals
Springfield, Mass. – April 29th 2008 – The Springfield Colelge men's tennis team fell one game short to Babson 5-4 in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference semi-finals this past weekend at the Coast Guard Academy.
Springfield College won two out of the five single matches as sophomore
Trevor Romanzi (Bay Shore, N.Y.) won his match 6-4, 6-3, and junior
Bobby Schlink (Quaker Hill, Conn.) defeated his opponent 2-6, 6-3, and 6-3.
Springfield took two of three double matches from Babson. Romanzi and his partner
Rahul Bala (Enfield, Conn.) grabbed an 8-5 victory. Schlink and his teammate
Tim Tunis (Sudbury, Mass.) won their match 8-6.
The top doubles match saw Springfield’s senior
Joe Lisi (Southbridge, Mass.) and junior
Andrew Constant (Kingston, N.Y.) fall to Babson’s pair of Alex Kamergorodsky, and Brain Lafayette, 8-5.
The Pride and the Beavers were even at four matches a piece headed into the final singles match which saw
Tim Tunis face off with Babson’s Edwin Lee. Lee won a hard fought match 7-5, 1-6, and 6-4 to propel the Beaver’s to a 5-4 semi-final victory.
Springfield College finished the 2007-2008 season with an overall record of 7-6.
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Head Coach Toby Coffin
Toby Coffin G’01, enters his second year as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Springfield College. Coffin, who has coached at numerous high schools in the area, will look to build a program which will contend for a conference crown.
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