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Date: March 22, 2006
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby men's tennis takes victory over Southern Maine

GORHAM, Maine -- The Colby College Mules swept the three doubles matches and won five of six singles matches to defeat the University of Southern Maine Huskies 6-1 in a non-conference men's college tennis match Wednesday at the USM Field House.

The win lifts the Mules record to 3-2 for the spring season. The match was the spring season opener for the Huskies.

Picking up singles victories for Colby were first-year Bryan Brown (Bangor, Maine) at number one, sophomore Zach Schuman (Watchung, N.J.) at number two, senior Ben Crane (Orlando, Fla.) at number three, first-year Nick Rosen-Wachs (Scarsdale, N.Y.) at five and first-year Mather Neill (Kentfield, Calif.) at number six. Neill won his match over Derek Stevenson (Raymond, Maine) in a super tiebreaker, 13-11, after the two split the two sets.

Brown and Brody Saunders won at first doubles and the team of Rosen-Wachs and Neill took took the third doubles match in tiebreakers. Schuman and Crane cruised to a victory at second doubles.

Colby will play the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Hilton Head, S.C., on Monday (March 27). The Mules are scheduled to play four matches in South Carolina.

Colby 6, Southern Maine 1

Singles: #1 Bryan Brown (C) def. Matt Filteau (SM), 6-1, 6-3; #2 Zach Schuman (C) def. Craig Spann (SM), 6-3, 6-4; #3 Ben Crane (C) def. Justin Chaffee (SM), 6-1, 6-2; #4 Chris Chaffee (SM) def. Alex Chin (C), 7-5, 1-6, 6-2; #5 Nick Rosen-Wachs (C) def. Jason Ouellette (SM), 6-3, 6-3; #6 Mather Neill (C) def. Derek Stevenson (SM), 6-2, 6-7 (5), (13-11)

Doubles: #1 Brody Saunders & Brown (C) def. Filteau & Spann (SM), 9-8 (2); #2 Schuman & Crane (C) def. Chaffee & Chaffee (SM), 8-3; #3 Rosen-Wachs & Neill (C) def. Ouellette & Stevenson (SM), 9-8 (3)