Three Men's Tennis Senior Close Fine Careers at Trinity

Hartford, Conn., August 18, 2008 - The Trinity College men's tennis team, coached by Paul Assaiante (14th Season), finished the season with a 13-3 overall record and a 7-1 mark in the NESCAC, qualifying for the league championship tournament for the second straight season.  The Bantams earned the top seed in the league tourney, but lost to eventual champion Bowdoin, 6-3, indoors at Middlebury in the NESCAC Semifinals.  Trinity qualified for its eighth NCAA Division III Championship Tournament in the last 10 years as an at-large selection and advanced to the third round with 5-1 win over Vassar before falling at Middlebury, 5-1, indoors to close the season.  The Bantams finished ranked No. 4 in the ITA Division III Northeast Regional Poll and No. 13 in the ITA Division III National Poll.

Junior Gautam Samarth (Pune, India) recorded a perfect winning percentage with a 12-0 singles record, while sophomore Spencer Feldman (Upper Brookville, N.Y.) totaled a team-high 15 wins against seven singles losses.  Junior David Yahng (Needham, Mass.) was 10-2 in singles, while senior co-captain Thomas Dolan (Shrewsbury, Mass.) posted an 11-3 singles mark, and senior co-captain Brett Ramsay (Glastonbury, Conn.) won nine of his 15 singles matches.  Freshman David Dessau (New York, N.Y.) was 5-1 in his rookie campaign, and classmate D.J. Patrick (Atlanta, Ga.) went 7-5. 

In doubles, the Dolan/Ramsay duo led the team with a 12-3 record, Feldman/Patrick finished, 10-3, and Samarth/Yahng posted a 9-3 mark, as the Bantams fielded a consistent trio of doubles tandems almost every time out. 

Feldman reached the NCAA Division III Singles Quarterfinals to earn All-American honors in 2007-08, while joining the Samarth/Yahng doubles team on the All-NESCAC First Team.  Ramsay graced the All-NESCAC Second Team and was named to the NESCAC All-Sportsmanship Team, while Samarth collected Academic All-American, Academic All-District, and NESCAC All-Academic recognition, and received the College's junior male scholar athlete of the year award.  Dolan graced both the NESCAC All-Academic Team and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar Athlete list, while senior Jeff Stempeck (Reading, Mass.) also earned NESCAC All-Academic recognition.  In his excellent tennis career, Ramsay was 38-32 in singles and 47-27 in doubles with several partners.  He was a three-time, all-league honoree in doubles and twice in singles, while taking All-American honors in doubles in 2006.  Dolan closes his fine career with a 26-18 singles record and a 38-17 doubles mark with several partners, while Stempeck finishes his career at 10-1 in singles and.6-4 in doubles.  Dolan was 14-4 in doubles with Ramsay and 4-1 with Stempeck the last four years.