Teams: Men's Tennis: Schedule & Results

JUMBOS DEFEAT STEVENS TECH IN FLORIDA WITH EASE, 8-1

COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS FINAL SCORE
Tufts 8, Stevens Tech 1

At Orlando, FL
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Doubles
1. Will Fleder/Paul Kohnstamm (T) def. Ricky Bawa/Piotr Rusinkiewicz (S) 8-2
2. Jake Fountain/Tony Carucci (T) def. Jason Ringstad/Jay Lee (S) 8-4
3. Daniel Landers/Tom Wilmanski (T) def. Kobe Attias/Carlo Parlo (S) 8-2

Singles
1. Bawa (S) def. Fleder (T) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
2. Fountain (T) def. Rusinkiewicz (S) 6-0, 6-2
3. Carucci (T) def. Lee (S) 6-1, 6-4
4. Andrew Rosen (T) def. Attias (S) 6-2, 6-2
5. Landers (T) def. Parlo (S) 6-0, 6-2
6. Wilmanski (T) def. Ryan Wilson (S) 6-3, 6-2

ORLANDO -- In sunny Orlando on Wednesday, Tufts faced off against Stevens Institute of Technology and came away with an 8-1 victory. The win came in the first match of the team's spring break trip.

For the first time this spring, the Jumbos swept the doubles with two new pairings at #1 and #3 doubles. Senior captain Will Fleder (New York, NY) and freshman Paul Kohnstamm (Larchmont, NY) - playing in his first varsity match - played strong at the net to dominate 8-2. At #3 doubles, freshman Tom Wilmanski (Warsaw, Poland) played aggressively at the net behind Daniel Landers' (Sao Paulo, Brazil) big serve and return game.

In the singles, Tufts swept except at #1 where Fleder struggled to get grooved, in part due to equipment failure as he broke four racquet strings and had to adjust with a new frame. At #2 freshman Jake Fountain (Nassau, Bahamas) continued to cruise with an undefeated dual match record of 6-0. The #5 and #6 singles marked the debut of Landers and Wilmanski in singles, with both winning in two sets.

Tufts improved to 4-2 overall and 2-2 in the spring. The Jumbos play Hamilton College in Miami on Friday. Stevens is now 3-5.

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