Teams: Men's Tennis: Schedule & Results

TUFTS SUFFERS SECOND STRAIGHT 5-4 LOSS AT BRANDEIS

COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS FINAL SCORE
Brandeis 5, Tufts 4

At Waltham, MA
Friday, March 14, 2008

Doubles
1. Scott Schulman/Simon Miller (B) def. Will Fleder/Daniel Landers (T) 8-2
2. Dor Almog/Steven Nieman (B) def. Jake Fountain/Tony Carucci (T) 8-5
3. David Silver/Seth Rogers (B) def. Bryan Wilner/Jon Trott (T) 8-6

Singles
1. Miller (B) def. Fleder (T) 7-6 (3), 1-6, 7-6 (7)
2. Nieman (B) def. Carucci (T) 7-6 (5), 7-5
3. Fountain (T) def. Silver (B) 6-1, 6-4
4. Andrew Rosen (T) def. Schulman (B) 6-1, 6-3
5. Wilner (T) def. Almog (B) 6-3, 6-2
6. Trott (T) def. Mayer Kasserty (B) 6-3, 6-0

WALTHAM -- The Jumbos visited local non-conference rival Brandeis University on Friday night and came away with a 5-4 loss, their second consecutive close defeat.

Like against Colby last Saturday, the Jumbos came out slow in the doubles. Brandeis's hustle and aggressive play won all three doubles, which again placed the Jumbos in a major hole for the second straight match.

With only three indoor courts, the 1-3 singles matches went on next. Tufts freshman Jake Fountain (Nassau, Bahamas) won convincingly at #3 for Tufts, but classmate Tony Carucci (Thousand Oaks, CA) lost a very tight, two-hour battle at #2 to make the overall team score 4-1 in favor of the Judges. In the #1 match, Jumbo senior captain Will Fleder (New York, NY) got adjusted to his opponent's heavy southpaw serve and came back to dominate the second set 6-1 after dropping the first in a tie-breaker. In the third set Fleder had five match points, but his opponent staved off defeat to pull out a dramatic 9-7 win in the third set tie-break. That put the match out of reach at 5-1.

Tufts swept the remaining singles matches, with sophomore Andrew Rosen (Armonk, NY) at #4, sophomore Bryan Wilner (Miami, FL) at #5 and sophomore Jon Trott (Milton, MA) all surrendering five points or less in their matches.

At 0-2 for the spring, Tufts is 2-2 overall in 2007-08. They get right back at it with a home match against MIT indoors at the Gantcher Center on Saturday. Brandeis, which improved to 3-2, plays at Bates on Saturday at 4:00 pm.

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