By Denise Bonilla '21

WATERVILLE, Maine – The Connecticut College men's tennis team dropped its second NESCAC match of the season against Colby this Saturday by a 9-0 decision. 
 
After the Mules captured the doubles matches to take the lead, there were a series of close singles matches to close out the afternoon. The Camels got notable performances from junior Julian Tien (Barrington, R.I.) at the No. 1 spot, sophomore Aaron Fleishman (Brookline, Mass.) at the No. 4 spot, and senior Walter Komishane (Manchester, Mass.) at the No. 6 spot.
 
Tien fell to his opponent, Colby sophomore Jan Wenger, in a three set match by scores of 6-0, 1-6, and 10-7 in the closest competition of the day. Fleishman also fought hard, but fell to his opponent, junior Max Schuermann, by scores of 6-3 and 6-4. Komishane made a notable effort in his match against his opponent, senior Garrett Reiter as well, but was bested by scores of 6-0 and 7-5.
 
Connecticut College (0-2, NESCAC 0-1) is slated to host Bates next on Saturday, April 10th at a time to be determined.
 
Full Results:
 
No. 1 Doubles: Jan Wenger & Joey Barrett (Colby) def. Julian Tien & Zak Danz, 8-3
No. 2 Doubles: Sumuhk Pathi & Ben Powis (Colby) def. Brian Gould & Aaron Fleishman, 8-2
No. 3 Doubles: Max Schuermann & Sam Henry (Colby) def. Walter Komishane & David Poudrier, 8-2
 
No. 1 Singles: Wenger (Colby) def. Tien, 6-0, 1-6, 10-7
No. 2 Singles: Barrett (Colby) def. Danz, 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 Singles: Pathi (Colby) def. Poudrier, 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 Singles: Schuermann (Colby) def. Fleishman, 6-3. 6-4
No. 5 Singles: Powis (Colby) def. Sean Jenkins, 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 Singles: Garrett Reiter (Colby) def. Komishane, 6-0, 7-5