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Date: April 2, 2003
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby men's tennis easily beats Southern Maine

WATERVILLE, Maine --

The Colby College men's tennis team won for the fifth time in the last six matches in taking a 6-1 victory over University of Southern Maine on Wednesday.

Tim Stenovec (Ojai, Calif.) went three sets to win at third singles for Colby (5-4). Rich Cook (Sudbury, Mass.) won at second singles and Ben Crane (Edina, Minn.) improved to a team-best 7-2 in singles play with a win at the fourth spot. John Fallon (Northboro, Mass.) and Kevin Yardi (Santa Barbara, Calif.) also won singles matches for the Mules.

Fallon and Marc Kassin (Williamstown, Mass.) improved to 7-1 in doubles play this year with a victory at the second spot.

Colby will play host to Trinity College at 4 p.m. Friday.

Colby 6, Southern Maine 1

Singles

No. 1: Boonthai Singcharern, USM, d. Steen Sehnert, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2

No. 2: Rich Cook, Colby, d. Brian Willer, 7-5, 6-3

No. 3: Tim Stenovec, Colby, d. Andrew Urbanak, 6-1, 5-7, 6-0

No. 4: Ben Crane, Colby, d. Matt Filteau, 6-0, 6-0

No. 5: John Fallon, Colby, d. Kendon Warren, 6-0, 6-1

No. 6: Kevin Yardi, Colby, d. Jason Ouellette, 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1: Singcharern/Urbanak, USM, won by default

No. 2: Marc Kassin/Fallon, Colby, d. Filteau/Willer, 8-3

No. 3: Crane/Stenovec, Colby, d. Warren/Aaron Boulter, 8-0