ROME, GA. – Amherst College's Andreas Sillaste and Lukas Frangenberg opened the ITA Cup with a comeback win on Thursday, beating Marlon Abarca and Samuel Parsons of the University of Redlands, 3-6, 6-4, 10-7. The win earned the third-seeded pair ITA All-American honors in doubles and sent them to the quarterfinals.

Sillaste and Frangenberg dropped the first set before taking the second with a late break and holding on in a tight match tiebreak.

HIGHLIGHTS

• All-American status. With the first-round win, Sillaste and Frangenberg earned ITA All-American honors in doubles.
• Early deficit. Redlands jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first set. Sillaste and Frangenberg won two straight games to get within 5-3, but Redlands closed out the set, 6-3.
• Late break forces a tiebreak. Both teams held serve through the second set until 5-4, when the Amherst pair broke with a run of strong points to win the set, 6-4.
• Holding on in the tiebreak. Amherst led 8-5 in the match tiebreak before Redlands won two straight points to make it 8-7. Sillaste and Frangenberg then won the last two points on a pair of net-cord shots that dropped between the Redlands players, closing out the match 10-7.

RESULTS
Doubles: First Round

Andreas Sillaste/Lukas Frangenberg [3] (Amherst) def. Marlon Abarca/Samuel Parsons (Redlands), 3-6, 6-4, 10-7

UP NEXT
Sillaste and Frangenberg return to the Rome Tennis Center for the quarterfinals on Friday, Oct. 16, at 5 PM, where they face Chase Kelley and Jesse Yang of the University of Chicago. Kelley and Yang advanced with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win over Gustavus Adolphus' Dominik Knutson and Takura Mhwandagara.