Men's Tennis Downs Connecticut College, 6-3

Men's Tennis Downs Connecticut College, 6-3

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NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Merrimack College men's tennis team began its five-game run through spring break with a 6-3 week against Connecticut College on Saturday afternoon

The Basics
 Score: Merrimack 6, Connecticut College 3
Records: Merrimack (2-1) | Connecticut College (0-1)
Location: New London, Conn.

How It Happened (Doubles)

  • No. 1 – Senior Nick Majewski (Brewster, Mass.) and sophomore Mikhail Belov (Krasnoarmeyskoy, Russia) took Merrimack's lone point during the doubles segment with a 8-6 victory at the top flight
  • No. 2 – At second doubles, junior Frank Vega (Lima, Peru) and freshman Alex Fedorov (Guilderland, N.Y.) trotted out, but were doubled up by their opposition from the Camels, 8-4
  • No. 3 – Senior Tayyab Sheikh (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and sophomore Alex Slobin (Fairfield, Conn.) teamed together at No. 3 and battled through 14 games before falling by a two-game margin, 8-6

How It Happened (Singles)

  • No. 1 – The Warriors' lineup came through during singles, with Merrimack winning five of six matches. Below rebounded from a loss two weeks ago to dispatch his opponent in straight sets, 6-2 and 6-4
  • No. 2 – Vega rebounded from his doubles downfall and also won a two-set match at second singles by the vice versa of set scores compared to Belov, 6-4 and 6-2
  • No. 3 – Majewski lost a total of four combined games in his singles match, prevailing by a 6-2 and 6-2 final
  • No. 4 – Fedorov improved to 2-0 this spring in his rookie campaign with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over the Camels' Will Cannon
  • No. 5 – Scott Brown took Connecticut's lone singles point with a two-set victory over Merrimack's Sheikh
  • No. 6 – Slobin capped off a strong performance for the Navy and Gold by winning his frames by a 6-3, 6-3 final over the Camels' Patrick Farrell

Results
 Singles:
1. Mikhail Belov (MC) def. Charlie Williams (CC) 6-2, 6-4
2. Frank Vega (MC) def. Daniel Maffa (CC) 6-4, 6-2
3. Nick Majewski (MC) def. Will Cannon (CC) 6-2, 6-2
4. Alex Fedorov (MC) def. Ben Sachs (CC) 6-3, 6-4
5. Scott Brown (CC) def. Tayyab Sheikh (MC) 6-1, 6-2
6. Alex Slobin (MC) def. Patrick Farrell (CC) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles:

  1. Belov/Majewski (MC) def. Cannon/Maffa (CC) 8-6
  2. Williams/Sachs (CC) def. Vega/Fedorov (MC) 8-4
  3. Farrell/Cissel (CC) def. Slobin/Sheikh (MC) 8-6   


Up Next
 The Warriors travel to the nation's capital on Thursday to play the University of the District of Columbia at 10 a.m. From there the Navy and Gold head to Baltimore, Md. Where the Warriors face Johns Hopkins University for a 3:30 p.m. match

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