The Colby Echo

Issue date: 4/13/07 Section: Sports

Media Credit: File Photo

After a sunny spring break in California, the tennis squad is back on Mayflower Hill. Since their return, the men have gone 3-1, winning two New England Small College Athletic Conference matches against Wesleyan University and Connecticut College this past weekend. The women are still searching for their first win of the season. Whilst on the opposite coast, the men's team was 1-2 and the women went 0-3. The men swept the California Institute of Technology without losing a single set. Their first loss in Cali was to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics second ranked team, Azusa Pacific University. Their second loss came against the University of Redlands. The women also dropped matches against NAIA No. 3 Azusa Pacific and Redlands, along with a match against Pomona College.

Upon returning to Maine, the Mules played Trinity College on April 1. The Colby men lost their match 8-1, their only win coming in the first doubles pairing of Brody Saunders '08 and Zach Schuman '08. Sophomore Alex Chin played hard at the fourth singles position, taking his match to three sets, but ultimately lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. The women's side also lost 8-1, their win also coming from the first doubles duo of captains Allison Dunn '07 and Tracy Nale '07. The women played the day prior as well against fellow NESCAC member Tufts University, losing 9-0.

The men's side played a midweek match against the University of Southern Maine last week, winning all their matches in the 7-0 shutout. The toughest win came at the first singles position, in which Saunders battled USM's Craig Spann to a third set, winning 6-7, 7-2, (10-6).

Last weekend the men advanced their record from 4-3 to 6-3 overall this spring, with a NESCAC record of 3-1. On Saturday, both teams traveled to Connecticut to face Wesleyan. Colby's top two men, Saunders and Schuman, both earned wins in the singles event and teamed up to defeat Wesleyan's top two. The Mules won this match by playing great doubles, as number two doubles partners Tim Fuhriman '09 and Chin won their match 8-4, as did third doubles Captain Tom Gildersleeve '07 and Nick Rosen-Wachs '09. The final score of the match was 5-2, Colby's favor. On the women's end, Colby's top three singles, Dunn, Nale, and Ginny Raho '07, all won their matches. Unfortunately, this was not enough, as they lost all three doubles matches and the remainder of their singles; a final score of 6-3 Wesleyan.

On Sunday, the men tallied their second win of the weekend, 6-3, at Connecticut College. The women lost a hard fought match 5-2. The Camel women improved to 7-4 on the season and the Mules dropped to 0-4 in the NESCAC.

Yesterday, after press time, the men and women played home against Maine NESCAC rival Bowdoin College. Tomorrow both teams will face off against Amherst College, also at home. Hopefully the Mules will be let out of the field house to play their first outdoor home match of the year.

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