Williams Takes Bowdoin in Men's Tennis Championship Semifinal, 5-0

Courtesy Amherst Sports Information

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -  Williams upset Bowdoin in the semifinals of the 2007 NESCAC Men's Tennis Championship on Saturday, blanking the Polar Bears 5-0. The Ephs improve to 14-5 and will take on top-seed Middlebury College Sunday at 9 a.m. at Amherst College, while the Polar Bears fall to 15-4.

The Ephs were upset-minded from the get-go, as all three of their doubles pairs came out victorious to give Williams a commanding 3-0 lead heading into singles play. Only two singles matches needed to conclude in order to declare Williams the winner, as Nick Lebedoff defeated Jamie Neely in the #3 match and Gary Simonette got the best of Alex Caughron in the #4 match.

Bowdoin and Williams each led two of the other four singles matches when the Ephs earned their clinching fifth point.

No. 3 Williams 5, vs. No. 2 Bowdoin 0
11:00 a.m. at Mt. Holyoke College

Doubles                  
1 - Dan Greenberg/Bret Thacher (Williams) def. Sam Bitetti/Garrett Gates (Bowdoin) 8-5
2 - Gary Simonette/Nick Lebedoff (Williams) def. Alex White/Tyler Anderson (Bowdoin) 8-6
3 - Jeremy Weinberger/Ted Haley (Williams) def. Andrew McDonald/Jamie Neely (Bowdoin) 8-3

Singles
1 - Sam Bitetti (Bowdoin) vs. Ted Haley (Williams) 6-4, 6-6 (3-3) (DNF)
2 - Garrett Gates (Bowdoin) vs. Dan Greenberg (Williams) 7-6 (5), 0-5 (DNF)
3 - Nick Lebedoff (Williams) def. Jamie Neely (Bowdoin) 6-4, 6-3
4 - Gary Simonette (Williams) def. Alex Caughron (Bowdoin) 6-1, 6-4
5 - Karol Furmaga (Williams) vs. Alex White (Bowdoin) 7-5, 3-1 (DNF)
6 - Rick Devlin (Williams) vs. Tyler Anderson (Bowdoin) 6-3, 5-3 (DNF)