NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Connecticut College men's tennis team dropped its first NESCAC dual match of the spring to No. 17 Tufts by a 9-0 score on Saturday.

Despite the setback, the Camels got a notable performance from senior Guillermo Garcia Rincon (Cáceres, Spain) at No. 2 singles. Tufts' Nathan Niemiec won a marathon match in three sets by close scores of 5-7, 7-6, and 10-7 in the closest competition of the day. Sean Jenkins also battled hard at No. 5 singles, falling to Akash Verma by marks of 6-2 and 7-5.

In doubles play, two of the three matches ended in identical 8-5 decisions. Juniors Brian Gould (Lebanon, Conn.) and Zachary Danz (West Tisbury, Mass.) were competitive in the No. 2 spot, while sophomore Evan Goldsmith (Pennington, N.J.) and SangJin Song (Roslyn Heights, N.Y.), another junior put forth a notable effort at No. 3.

Tufts (2-0, NESCAC 1-0) had three student-athletes who were double winners. Nathan Niemiec, Niko Hereford, and Ben Biswas all triumphed in both singles and doubles action.

Connecticut College (0-3, NESCAC 0-1) remains at home to face Union tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.

Full Results

Doubles

Nathan Niemiec/Zach Shaff (Tufts) def. Guillermo Garcia Rincon/Julian Tien (Conn), 8-3

Niko Hereford/Owen Bartok (Tufts) def. Brian Gould/Zachary Danz (Conn), 8-5

Dylan Glickman/Ben Biswas (Tufts) def. Evan Goldsmith/SangJin Song (Conn), 8-5

Singles

Rishabh Sharda (Tufts) def. SangJin Song (Conn), 6-3, 6-3

Nathan Niemiec (Tufts) def. Guillermo Garcia Rincon (Conn), 5-7, 7-6, 10-7

Ben Biswas (Tufts) def. Julian Tien (Conn), 6-1, 6-4

Owen Bartok (Tufts) def. Zachary Danz (Conn), 6-3, 6-1

Akash Verma (Tufts) def. Sean Jenkins (Conn), 6-2, 7-5

Matthew Cashin (Tufts) def. Michael Sarazen (Conn), 6-1, 6-1