Trinity Upends Bowdoin 5-2 in First Round of Men's Tennis Championship
Courtesy Amherst Sports Information
AMHERST, Mass. – The No. 5 seeded Trinity College men’s tennis team pulled off the only upset on day one of the 2010 NESCAC Tennis Championships, edging No. 4 seed Bowdoin College by a 5-2 score at Amherst College this afternoon. The Bantams advance to tomorrow’s tournament semifinal where they will take on the top-seeded Panthers of Middlebury College.
In doubles play, the Bantams pulled out jumped out to a 2-1 lead with wins at both number one and two. In the top spot, Trinity earned an 8-3 win from Spencer Feldman and Anson McCook, while teammates Rich Bonfiglio and Dan Couzens won 8-5 at number two. The Polar Bears were able to avoid the sweep with a tiebreaker win at number three from Casey Grindon and Tyler Anderson. The Bowdoin pair edged Badid Dessau and Charles MCConnell from Trinity 9-8 (7-2).
Bowdoin won just one of the first three singles matches to finish, with that coming via a 6-2, 6-3 result from Grindon at number five. While Grindon pulled off the win over McConnell from Trinity, Bantam teammates McCook and Bonfiglio won in straight sets at numbers two and three. McCook topped Nicholas Fenichell 6-0, 6-3, while Bonfilgio topped Tyler Anderson 7-5, 6-0.
The decisive fifth point was earned in come-from-behind fashion by Dan Couzens of Trinity in the number four bout. After dropping the first set 3-6 to Jamie Neeley, Couzens pulled out 6-3 and 6-4 results in the second and third frames to close out the match for the Bantams.
Trinity improves to 13-5 with the win, while Bowdoin falls to 10-6.
