October 2, 2001 

WALTHAM, MA - The Amherst College men's tennis team took five out of six singles matches and posted a pair of doubles wins to trounce host Brandeis University, 6-1, on Tuesday. The victory evened the Jeffs' fall record at 1-1 with one dual match remaining - an October 10 test at division I power UMass-Amherst, starting at 3 p.m. 

Amherst senior Bryan Wexler (West Newbury, MA) led the way with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Brandeis' Dave Block in No. 1 singles. Senior George Tsai (Tampa, FL), sophomore Andrew Merle (Lynnfield, MA), junior Andy Sagor (Scarsdale, NY) and first-year Will Abbott (Katonah, NY) followed suit with a quadrant of Amherst wins in No. 3 through 6 singles, respectively. 

Amherst junior Andy Tsai (Tampa, FL) - who posted a hard-fought singles loss (7-5, 5-7, tie-break 3-7) to Brandeis' No. 2 Tomas Wallenberg - teamed with senior co-captain Peter Ransmeier (Concord, NH) to down Block and Adam Schiff, 8-5, in No. 1 doubles. Amherst's Merle and Sagor also won their No. 2 doubles match over Wallenberg and Gary Falkowitz, 8-2. 

SINGLES RESULTS 
1) Bryan Wexler (Amherst) def. Dave Block (6-2, 6-0) 
2) Tomas Wallenberg (Brandeis) def. Andy Tsai (7-5, 5-7, 7-3 tie-break) 
3) George Tsai (Amherst) def. Adam Schiff (6-0, 6-3) 
4) Andrew Merle (Amherst) def. Yehinder Hansman (6-3, 6-1) 
5) Andy Sagor (Amherst) def. Gary Falkowitz (6-0, 6-1) 
6) Will Abbott (Amherst) def. Adam Koblenz (6-0, 6-1) 

DOUBLES RESULTS 
1) A. Tsai/Peter Ransmeier (Amherst) def. Block/Schiff (8-5) 
2) Merle/Sagor (Amherst) def. Wallenberg/Falkowitz (8-2) 
3) Hansman/Koblenz (Brandeis) def. G. Tsai/Arpan Podduturi (8-8, 9-7 tie-break)