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Date: September 14, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma
Amherst men's tennis tops Colby in opener
AMHERST, Mass. --
Sophomore Kevin Yardi (Santa Barbara/Santa Barbara, Calif.) and first-year player Steen Sehnert (Summit/Summit, N.J.) won the only match of the day for the Colby College men's tennis team in an 8-1 loss to Amherst College on Saturday.
Yardi and Sehnert took an 8-2 victory over Arpan Poddurturi and Max Rettig at third doubles for Colby.
SINGLES RESULTS
1) Danny Barnes (Amherst) def. Rhett Silverstein (6-2, 6-2);
2) Josh Rilla (Amherst) def. Rich Cook (6-1, 6-0);
3) Adam Leibsohn (Amherst) def. John Mcmanigal (6-2, 6-1);
4) Andy Tsai (Amherst) def. Ben Crane (6-4, 6-3);
5) Arpan Podduturi (Amherst) def. Kevin Yardi (6-0, 6-0);
6) Max Rettig (Amherst) def. John Fallon (6-1, 6-0)
DOUBLES RESULTS
1) Barnes/Rilla (Amherst) def. Cook/McManigal (8-4);
2) Leibsohn/Chin (Amherst) def. Silverstein/Crane (8-5);
3) Sehnert/Yardi (Colby) def. Podduturi/Rettig (8-2)
