2008 Woodie Awards
Lord Jeffs stomp Mules
Tennis
Sarah Kirker
Issue date: 4/16/08 Section: Sports
Over the weekend, the men's and women's tennis teams made the trek to Amherst College to take on the Lord Jeffs. Unfortunately they found the 13th ranked Amherst team more than prepared to defend their home turf.
After breezing through its last two competitions dropping only one point overall, the men's tennis team looked to build on that momentum coming into this weekend's match. But the Lord Jeffs had other plans, and proceeded to soundly defeat the visiting Mules 8-1. The match began ominously as inclement weather forced the doubles matches indoors. Inside the athletic center, the normally dominant Colby doubles teams were stopped cold by their opponents losing 8-6, 8-6 and 8-2 in the first, second and third doubles spots respectively. The weather soon cleared up and the singles matches moved back onto the outdoor court. The lone Colby win came from the second singles spot when Zack Schuman '08 held out against a comeback attempt to win out over his opponent 7-5, 1-6, 11-9. Although Schuman was the only Mules player to come away with a point, Bryan Brown '09 continued his string of well-played competitions. Brown came up just short after turning in an impressive performance, losing a very close marathon match at the first singles spot 7-6, 7-4, 7-5.
The Mules fared no better on the women's side, losing 9-0 and collecting only a handful of sets between the team. With this win, the Amherst women's team improved its record to a very imposing 9-1 overall. The Colby women will obviously be looking to improve upon this performance going into their last two matches against Hamilton College and Bowdoin College.
With the season winding down for each team, the women only have Hamilton and Bowdoin matches remaining, and the men have those opponents plus a mid-week match against the University of Southern Maine. Both teams will be looking to put this weekend behind them and finish off the season on a high note.
After breezing through its last two competitions dropping only one point overall, the men's tennis team looked to build on that momentum coming into this weekend's match. But the Lord Jeffs had other plans, and proceeded to soundly defeat the visiting Mules 8-1. The match began ominously as inclement weather forced the doubles matches indoors. Inside the athletic center, the normally dominant Colby doubles teams were stopped cold by their opponents losing 8-6, 8-6 and 8-2 in the first, second and third doubles spots respectively. The weather soon cleared up and the singles matches moved back onto the outdoor court. The lone Colby win came from the second singles spot when Zack Schuman '08 held out against a comeback attempt to win out over his opponent 7-5, 1-6, 11-9. Although Schuman was the only Mules player to come away with a point, Bryan Brown '09 continued his string of well-played competitions. Brown came up just short after turning in an impressive performance, losing a very close marathon match at the first singles spot 7-6, 7-4, 7-5.
The Mules fared no better on the women's side, losing 9-0 and collecting only a handful of sets between the team. With this win, the Amherst women's team improved its record to a very imposing 9-1 overall. The Colby women will obviously be looking to improve upon this performance going into their last two matches against Hamilton College and Bowdoin College.
With the season winding down for each team, the women only have Hamilton and Bowdoin matches remaining, and the men have those opponents plus a mid-week match against the University of Southern Maine. Both teams will be looking to put this weekend behind them and finish off the season on a high note.
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