As a result, Springfield is now 0-2 on the overall 2007-2008 campaign, 0-1 in the spring.
Jamie Morrell's squad actually got off to a good start by taking a 2-1 lead following the completion of doubles play. The No. 1 doubles team of junior Andrew Constant (Kingston, R.I.) and senior co-captain Joe Lisi (Southbridge, Mass.) won their match by a 9-7 count, breaking serve in the final game. Sophomore Trevor Romanzi (Bayshore, N.Y.) and senior co-captain Rahul Bala (Enfield, Conn.) at No. 2 doubles also won handily by a score of 8-3, winning their last six straight games.
From there, however, Springfield was only able to win one more match on the day. Junior Bobby Schlink (Quaker Hill, Conn.) won his No. 5 singles match over Endicott's Marc Maloney, 6-4, 6-4.
The excruciating part of this match from a Springfield viewpoint was how it lost all four singles matches that went three sets, including one by a 7-5 score in the third, and another by a 7-6 tiebreaker score in the third.
The Pride will play two more NCAA-countable matches in Florida, including a match Tuesday versus Hamilton at 12:30 pm, and a match Wednesday versus Salve Regina at 6:30 pm. Both of those matches will be played in Orlando.
The following are the results of tonight's match versus Endicott:
Doubles
1) Constant/Lisi (SC) def. Schoen/Murray (E), 9-7
2) Bala/Romanzi (SC) def. Locke/Moraga (E), 8-3
3) Teller/Maloney (E) def. Schlink/McGee (SC), 8-3
Singles
1) Dan Murray (E) def. Andrew Constant (SC), 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
2) John Schoen (E) def. Joe Lisi (SC), 6-2, 7-5
3) Devon Locke (E) def. Rahul Bala (SC), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
4) Scott Teller (E) def. Trevor Romanzi (SC), 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-5
5) Bobby Schlink (SC) def. Marc Maloney (E), 6-4, 6-4
6) Gabe Moraga (E) def. Mike McGee (SC), 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-6(3)
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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