With the loss, Springfield is now 6-5 overall, as it prepares for a huge conference match versus Babson this Saturday (Apr. 19) at home at 1 pm at the Appleton Courts. The winner of that particular match will earn a first-round bye in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference post-season tourney, scheduled for next week.
The Pride had taken a 2-1 lead after winning the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches. The team of junior Andrew Constant (Kingston, N.Y.) and senior Joe Lisi (Southbridge, Mass.) captured their match at No. 2 by a score of 8-3. The team of junior Bobby Schlink (Quaker Hill, Conn.) and sophomore Tim Tunis (Sudbury, Mass.) won their match at No. 3 by a score of 9-7.
But it went downhill after that. Normal No. 2 singles player Lisi was rested, not playing singles.
Here are the results. Doubles was played first.
Doubles
1) Fleder/Paul Kohnstamm (T) def. Bala/Romanzi (SC), 8-1
2) Constant/Lisi (SC) def. Landers/Tom Wilmanski (T), 8-3
3) Schlink/Tunis (SC) def. Wilner/Drew Frankel (T), 9-7
Singles
1) Wiliam Fleder (T) def. Andrew Constant (SC), 6-0, 6-2
2) Jake Fountain (T) def. Rahul Bala (SC), 6-3, 6-4
3) Tony Carucci (T) def. Trevor Romanzi (SC), 6-2, 6-1
4) Bryan Wilner (T) def. Bobby Schlink (SC), 6-3, 6-3
5) Daniel Landers (T) def. Tim Tunis (SC), 6-1, 6-1
6) Vinh Tran (T) def. Mike McGee ) (SC), 6-1, 6-0
Springfield's Record: 6-5
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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