Men's tennis starts spring season with easy win

WATERVILLE, Maine --- Tom Kimball (Washington, Conn.) won at first singles and teamed up with Phillip Zunshine (Columbus, Ohio) for a victory at first doubles as the Colby College men's tennis team started the spring season with a 9-0 win over Thomas College on Saturday.

Kimball took a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Jeremy Cliff while he and Zunshine cruised to an 8-1 victory at first doubles.

Dan Freeman (Big Flats, N.Y.), Than Moore (Bedford, N.H.), Zunshine, Robert Yee (Quincy, Mass.), and Matthew Mantikas (Glastonbury, Conn.) all posted easy 6-0, 6-0 singles wins.

Freeman and Mantikas did not give up a game at second doubles and neither did Trip Smith (Concord, Mass.) and Moore at the third spot for Colby, which plays host to Bates College on Monday at 4 p.m.

Colby 9, Thomas 0

Doubles

1: Tom Kimball/Phillip Zunshine, C, def. Jeremy Cliff/Michael Morris, 8-1
2: Dan Freeman/Matthew Mantikas, C, def. Michael Kunkel/Scott Miglore, 8-0
3: Trip Smith/Than Moore, C, def. Keith Pike/Andrew Watt, 8-0
Singles
1: Kimball, C, def. Cliff, 6-1, 6-3
2: Freeman, C, d. Miglore, 6-0, 6-0
3: Moore, C, def. Kunkel, 6-0, 6-0
4: Zunshine, C, def. Morris, 6-0, 6-0
5: Robert Yee, C, def. Pike, 6-0, 6-0
6: Matthew Mantikas, C, def. Watt, 6-0, 6-0