Courtesy Middlebury Athletic Communications

LEWISTON, Maine - The Middlebury men's tennis team saw its season come to an end with a 5-1 loss to Emory in an NCAA semifinal match at Bates. The Panthers end their season in the semi's for the second straight year, falling to 18-6. Middlebury will play its final match of the year on Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the consolation match.

All three doubles matches were tightly contested, with Emory edging out all three victories. Michael Goodwin and David Caplan were 8-6 winners of Filip Marinkovic and Andrew Thomson in the #1 slot to give Emory a 1-0 lead. Rich Bonfiglio and Andy Peters fell to Oliver Lopp and Michael Kaufman at #3 by a score of 8-5, before Mark boren and Hardy Ehlers defeated Chris Mason and Andrew Lee, 9-8, 7-5 in the tie-breaker.

In singles play, Ehlers gave the Eagles a 4-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Bonfiglio at #5. Thomson put the Panthers on the board at #3 as he was a 6-4, 6-0 winner to cut the deficit to 4-1. Goodwin of Emory ended the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Lee at #1 singles.

Marinkovic won his first set and led 4-3 in the second when the match was haulted, while Peter Odell was about to even his match at one set apiece.

Emory 5, Middlebury 1

Doubles
1 - Michael Goodwin/David Caplan (Emory) def. Filip Marinkovic/Andrew Thomson (Middlebury) - 8-6
2 - Mark Boren/Hardy Ehlers (Emory) def. Chris Mason/Andrew Lee (Middlebury) - 9-8 (7-5)
3 - Oliver Lopp/Michael Kaufman (Emory) def. Rich Bonfiglio/Andrew Peters (Middlebury) - 8-5

Singles
1 - Michael Goodwin (Emory) def. Andrew Lee (Middlebury) - 6-2, 6-4
2 - Filip Marinkovic (Middlebury) vs. Mark Boren (Emory) - 6-4, 4-3, DNF
3 - Andrew Thomson (Middlebury) def. David Caplan (Emory) - 6-4, 6-0
4 - Oliver Lopp (Emory) vs. Andrew Peters (Middlebury) - 6-2, 4-0, DNF
5 - Hardy Ehlers (Emory) def. Rich Bonfiglio (Middlebury) - 6-3, 6-1
6 - Colin Egan (Emory) vs. Peter Odell (Middlebury) - 6-2, 0-5, DNF