NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Connecticut College men's tennis team opened the 2023-24 season with a strong first day play at the Connecticut College Invitational on Saturday.

With all action being forced indoors due to the weather, contests were played at both Conn College and Coast Guard. The first day of the round robin tournament featured all doubles contests, with the Camels posting a combined record of 15-5 on the day against competition from Coast Guard, Springfield, Trinity and St. Michael's.

Conn had a total of six doubles teams compete between the two sites. The duos of Jules Taylor-Kerman (New York, N.Y.) and Sigmund Winiecki (Jaffrey, N.H.) and Arjun Premkumar (Bangalore, India) and Walker Mulligan (Guilford, Conn.) each went 3-1 on the day. 

Two squads went unbeaten on Saturday, as Gavin Anderson (Avon, Conn.) and Colby Hall (Duxbury, Mass.) posted a 3-0 mark, and the team of Krishh Tipnis (Thane, India) and Zachary Regelman (Weston, Mass.) went 2-0.

Andy Feldman (Newton, Mass.) and Maximo Gulla (Madison, Conn.) finished 2-1 on the day. The Camels also picked up a pair of wins courtesy of James Serhant III (Hadley, Mass.) and Nikhil Agarwal (San Mateo, Calif.), who finished 2-2 overall.

The Connecticut College Invitational will continue on Sunday with doubles and singles play, depending on weather conditions and court availability.