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#19 Amherst begin Spring season with an 8-1 away win at Skidmore

3/2/2024 6:59:00 PM

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The Amherst College men's tennis team won the first game of their spring season with a convincing 8-1 victory versus the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds. The Mammoths traveled to upstate New York to play on the indoor courts at the Saratoga Regional YMCA (Wilton Branch).

After two dual match wins versus Nichols College and Connecticut College in the Fall season, Amherst's season record now stands at 3-0 (1-0 in NESCAC). Up next: the Mammoths now prepare for their home game tomorrow versus the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) Bears. Amherst will face the USCGA at 1pm on the outside Amherst Tennis Courts.

HIGHLIGHTS:
  • The Mammoths won two out of the three doubles matches and swept the six singles matches
  • First-year Andreas Sillaste fought back after losing the first set in a tiebreak to win at the #1 spot in three sets
  • At the #5 spot, senior Marshall Leung won seven consecutive games to conclude a 6-4 6-0 in under an hour

RESULTS:

Doubles:
  1. Andreas Sillaste/Kobe Ellenbogen (A) def. Yuval Goodman/Harrison Gradin (S) 8-3 
  2. Nika Mori/Fletcher King (A) def. Sujit Chepuri/Spencer Leung (A) 8-7
  3. Edred Opie/Rex Harrison (A) def. Louis Bourn/Griffin Biernat (S) 8-6

Singles:
  1. Andreas Sillaste (A) def. Yuval Goodman (S) 6-7 6-2 6-3
  2. Edred Opie (A) def. Louis Bourn (S) 6-2 7-6
  3. Kobe Ellenbogen (A) def. Nika Mori (S) 6-3 6-7 6-1
  4. Marshall Leung (A) def. Fletcher King (S) 6-4 6-0
  5. Rex Harrison (A) def. Kyle Lundberg (S) 6-0 6-2
  6. Sujit Chepuri (A) vs. Adel Aissaoui (S) 6-3 7-5
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