MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - May 11, 2018 – The Colby-Sawyer men's tennis team was defeated by Wilkes, 5-3, in the NCAA First Round on Friday afternoon at Middlebury's Proctor Tennis Courts.
Wilkes (21-5) will play the host Panthers on Saturday. Colby-Sawyer ends its season at 9-11.
Colby-Sawyer took a 2-1 lead after doubles play. After Wilkes won at No. 2 to get on the board first, Colby-Sawyer senior
Gustav Jigrup and freshman
Nick Mathieu teamed to beat Courtney Murphy and Jonathan White by an 8-5 score at No. 1. The Chargers then took a 2-1 lead by winning at No. 3 doubles. The duo of senior
Andrew Peloquin and junior
Alex Wright defeated Andrew Neidig and Larry Scartz, 8-4.
The Colonels began their comeback in singles action by putting a second point in the win column from Chris Maderitz. He defeated
Cam Lynch 6-3, 6-0 at the fifth flight to pull the match even.
Alex Wright gave Colby-Sawyer the lead back with an impressive 6-2, 6-4 victory over White in the third slot.
Wilkes would then take No. 2, No. 6 and No. 1 in straight sets to secure the 5-3 victory.
One match went unfinished as Colby-Sawyer's Peloquin won the first set 7-6 (7-5) and led 3-0 in the second set of his No. 4 match.
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Wilkes University 5, Colby-Sawyer 3
May 11, 2018 at Middlebury. Vt. (Proctor Tennis Courts)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Courtney Murphy (WUMT) def. Gustav Jigrup (CSCM1718) 6-3, 6-2 |
| 2. Artyom Nabokin (WUMT) def. Nick Mathieu (CSCM1718) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 3. Alex Wright (CSCM1718) def. Jonathan White (WUMT) 6-2, 6-4 |
| 4. Andrew Neidig (WUMT) vs. Andrew Peloquin (CSCM1718) 6-7 (5-7), 0-3, unfinished |
| 5. Chris Maderitz (WUMT) def. Cam Lynch (CSCM1718) 6-3, 6-0 |
| 6. Ryan Simon (WUMT) def. Ross Kenney (CSCM1718) 6-4, 6-4 |
| Match Notes |
| Colby-Sawyer 9-11 |
| Wilkes University 21-5 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,3,2,6,1) |
| NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Tournament First Round |
| Official: Don Cortese T-2:05 A-167 |
