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Amherst College Men’s Tennis with Trinity College on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 in Amherst, Mass. Photo by ©MIke Orazzi for Clarus Multimedia Group.
Mike Orazzi

#16 Amherst fall to #11 Middlebury on Senior Day, 9-0

4/21/2024 8:48:00 PM

AMHERST, MA – On Sunday afternoon, the #16 Amherst College men's tennis team lost to the #11 Middlebury College Panthers on Senior Day. With a score of 9-0, the Panthers were victorious in the cold and windy conditions on Amherst's outdoor courts. 

After today's result, Amherst's season record stands at 11-4 (6-2 in NESCAC). Up next: the Mammoths have one more weekend of regular season matches before the NESCAC Tournament. Next Saturday, the Mammoths will travel north to Lewiston, ME, to take on the Bates College Bobcats. This match will take place at the Wallach Tennis Center at 10am.

HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Amherst fell short in the doubles to give the away side a 3-0 lead heading into the singles matches. 
  • The singles matches were then closely fought between the two top-20 sides, with four of the six matches being extended to three sets. 
  • Junior Edred Opie and Senior Marshall Leung fell short in match tiebreak third sets, each with scores of 10-7, at the #2 and #4 spots respectively

RESULTS:

Doubles:
  1. Robby Ward/Neel Epstein (M) def. Andreas Sillaste/Kobe Ellenbogen (A) 8-2
  2. Thehan Wijemanne/Hugh Hentschel (M) def. Spencer Leung/Sujit Chepuri (A) 8-7
  3. Julian Wu/Aidan Harris (M) def. Edred Opie/Rex Harrison (A) 8-5

Singles:
  1. Noah Laber (M) def. Andreas Sillaste (A) 3-6 6-1 6-4
  2. Julian Wu (M) def. Edred Opie (A) 4-6 6-4 [10-7]
  3. Robby Ward (M) def. Kobe Ellenbogen (A) 6-4 6-3
  4. Neel Epstein (M) def. Marshall Leung (A) 6-1 6-7 [10-7]
  5. Aidan Harris (M) def. Rex Harrison (A) 6-2 3-6 6-4
  6. Noah Lewis (M) def. Ethan Ohm (A) 6-4 6-1

 
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