Springfield, Mass. – April 11, 2009 – The Springfield College men’s tennis team suffered a 7-2 setback at the hands of conference-foe Babson on Saturday afternoon in a key New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match. Due to rainy conditions, the match was moved indoors at Springfield College’s Field House.
Springfield’s No. 1 doubles team of Andrew Constant and Trevor Romanzi picked up a win as they won 9-7 in the top doubles match. Springfield then only had one remaining winner as Babson won five of the six singles matches. SC’s Tim Tunis pulled out a win at No. 4 singles by a score of 5-7, 6-4, (10-7 super-tiebreaker).
Final Score: Babson 7, Springfield 2
Doubles
1) Andrew Constant/Trevor Romanzi (SC) def. Alex Kamergorodsky/Brian Lafayette (B), 9-7
2) Justin Albert/Moises Muma (B) def. Tim Tunis/Zach O’Leary (SC), 8-5
3) Ken Lin/Taylor Dutton (B) def. Bobby Schlink/Doug Nickerson (SC), 8-3
Singles
1) Kamergorodsky (B) def. Constant (SC), 6-4, 6-0
2) Albert (B) def. Romanzi (SC), 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-4
3) Lin (B) def. Schlink (SC), 6-0, 6-1
4) Tunis (SC) def. Austin Conti (B), 5-7, 6-4, (10-7)
5) Lafayette (B) def. O’Leary (SC), 6-3, 6-2
6) Muma (B) def. Henne (SC), 6-3, 6-2
