Trinity Men's Tennis Wins At Whittier In Spring Opener And First Dual Match

Whittier, Calif. – Freshman Dan Couzens (West Hartford, Conn.) won in singles and doubles to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 7-2 victory over the Whittier College Poets in men’s tennis action this afternoon.  Trinity, playing in its spring debut and its first dual-match competition of the 2009-10 season, is 1-0, while the Poets fall to 5-9 with their fourth consecutive defeat. 

The Bantams, ranked No. 5 in the Northeast and No. 15 in the nation, took a 2-1 lead after doubles play and rattled off five straight wins in singles to clinch the match.  Couzens teamed with junior D.J. Patrick (Atlanta, Ga.) for an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles, and pulled out a 6-2, 2-6, 10-3 triumph at No. 4 singles in his collegiate debut.  Bantam senior tri-captain Spencer Feldman (Upper Brookville, N.Y.) won at first doubles with sophomore partner Anson McCook (Miami, Fla.) and took the clinching match at No. 1 singles in straight sets.

MATCH RESULTS
Singles
1. TC- Spencer Feldman d. Patricio Carregha, 6-3, 6-2
2. W- Julian Seneviratne d. Anson McCook, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
3. TC- Rich Bonfiglio d. Sean Robertson, 6-4, 6-2
4. TC- Dan Couzens d. Justin DeLong, 6-2, 2-6, 10-3
5. TC- Adam Lanza d. Gavin Smith, 6-0, 3-0 (ret.)
6. TC- David Dessau d. Frank Sun, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1.TC- Feldman/McCook d. Robertson/DeLong, 8-5
2. W- Seneviratne/Carregha d. Bonfiglio/Charles McConnell, 8-2
3.TC- Couzens/D.J. Patrick d. Sun/Smith, 8-3
Trinity (Conn.) 7, Whittier 2