MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - May 11, 2017 – The Colby-Sawyer men's tennis team was edged by Baruch, 5-3, in a hard fought NCAA First Round match played on Middlebury's Proctor Tennis Courts on Thursday afternoon.
The Bearcats (12-2) will play the host Panthers on Friday morning at 11:00 a.m., while the Chargers finish their season at 14-11.
Baruch jumped out to a 3-0 advantage at the conclusion of doubles. The Bearcats' Hugo Castalan and Leonard Margolis posted an 8-3 victory at No. 2 over Colby-Sawyer's
Ryan Sawyer and
Dean Boodakian. A few minutes later, Baruch doubled its lead when Joaquin Azcue and Marco Gobbato tallied an 8-5 victory over
Gustav Jigrup and
Alex Wright in the top flight. The No. 3 duo of Jaime Zurro and David Alabo completed the sweep with a 9-8 (6) triumph over Colby-Sawyer's
Cass McCann and
Andrew Peloquin.
The Bearcats increased their lead to 4-0 after Jamie Zurro posted a 6-3, 6-3 victory over McCann at No. 3 singles.
Colby-Sawyer then made a comeback.
Alex Wright gave the Chargers their first point of the match with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Castalan at the second flight. Soon after,
Gustav Jigrup pulled Colby-Sawyer to within two (4-2) via a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Azcue atop the lineup.
Playing in his final collegiate match, senior Boodakian drew the Chargers to 4-3 with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Margolis at No. 5. That was as close as the Chargers would get before Baruch recorded the match clinching point in a tightly contested No. 4 singles match. Gobbato edged Sawyer 6-4, 6-4 to make the final 5-3 in favor of the Bearcats.
One match went unfinished as Baruch's Alabo won the first set at No. 6 (6-2), but
Ross Kenney for Colby-Sawyer was up 6-5 in the second when the match ended.
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Baruch College Men's Tennis 5, Colby-Sawyer 3
May 11, 2017 at Middlebury, Vt. (Proctor Tennis Courts)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Gustav Jigrup (CSCM1617) def. Joaquin Azcue (BARUCHM) 6-2, 6-3 |
| 2. Alex Wright (CSCM1617) def. Hugo Castalan (BARUCHM) 6-4, 6-1 |
| 3. Jaime Zurro (BARUCHM) def. Cass McCann (CSCM1617) 6-3, 6-3 |
| 4. Marco Gobbato (BARUCHM) def. Ryan Sawyer (CSCM1617) 6-4, 6-4 |
| 5. Dean Boodakian (CSCM1617) def. Leonard Margolis (BARUCHM) 6-1, 6-3 |
| 6. David Alabo (BARUCHM) vs. Ross Kenney (CSCM1617) 6-2, 5-6, unfinished |
| Match Notes |
| Colby-Sawyer 14-11 |
| Baruch College Men's Tennis 12-2 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (3,2,1,5,4) |
| NCAA Tournament First-Round Match |
| T-3:15 A-67 |
