Trinity Men's Tennis Falls To Bowdoin In NESCAC First Round

Williamstown, Mass. - The Bowdoin College Polar Bear men's tennis team took a 3-0 advantage in doubles play and claimed a pair of singles wins to take a 5-3 victory over the Trinity College Bantams in the opening round of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship Tournament this morning at Williams College.  Trinity, seeded No. 5 in the tourney and ranked No. 19 in the nation, falls to 10-7, while the Polar Bears, seeded No. 5 and ranked No. 11 nationally, improves to 11-5 and will play the top-seeded Williams College Ephs in the semifinals tomorrow at 9 a.m.

Bowdoin, which had lost two of three doubles matches to the Bantams in a 5-4 Polar Bear victory in California in March, swept the doubles matches and took the No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches in straight sets.  Trinity fought back from a 3-0 deficit after doubles play, as junior Spencer Feldman (Upper Brookville, N.Y.), ranked No. 6 in the Northeast, defeated No. 3-ranked Stephen Sullivan in straight sets and senior co-captain Gautam Samarth (Pune, India) surprised No. 12-ranked Oscar Pena at the No. 2 spot.  Bantam freshman Anson McCook (Coconut Beach, Fla.) added a 6-3, 7-6 triumph at third singles.

MATCH RESULTS
Singles
1. TC- Spencer Feldman d. Stephen Sullivan, 6-3, 6-4
2) TC- Gautam Samarth d. Oscar Pena, 7-5, 6-4
3) TC- Anson McCook d. Tyler Anderson, 6-3, 7-6
4) DNF
5) B- Alex White d. Nick White, 6-2, 6-3
6) B- Jamie Neely d. Adam Lanza, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
1. B- Pena/Neely d. Yahng/McCook, 8-4
2. B- Sullivan/Caughron d. White/Feldman, 8-3
3. B- White/Anderson d. McConnell/Samarth, 9-8 (5)
Bowdoin 5, Trinity (Conn.) 3