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Men's Tennis Blanks Hamilton, 9-0, on Senior Day

Hartford, Conn. – The Trinity College men's tennis team cruised to a 9-0 shutout win versus Hamilton at the Assaiante Tennis Center on Saturday morning in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) action. With their sixth straight home victory, the Bantams end the regular season a perfect 6-0 in front of their home crowd. Trinity now sits at 9-3 overall and 4-2 in league play, while the Continentals dropped their third consecutive NESCAC match to move to 8-9 on the year and 0-4 in conference tilts.

The Bantams got off to a quick start, sweeping doubles play with three convincing victories. At No. 1, Ford Traff (Wayzata, Minn.) and Musyoka Mbithi (Roxbury, N.J.) won their match, 8-3. Senior captain Daniel Carpenter (Wayzata, Minn.) and David Myers (Winnetka, Ill.) netted an 8-4 triumph at No. 2 and the tandem of sophomores William Boyd (Hillsborough, Calif.) and Jagger Riefler (Wimbledon, England) earned an 8-2 victory at No. 3.

The Bantams were dominant in singles action, taking all six matches in straight sets.

Trinity returns to action on Sunday, April 19, with a road NESCAC matcher versus Colby at 10:00 a.m.

Trinity College (Connecticut) vs Hamilton College


Date:  4/18/2015
Location:  Trinity College (Connecticut)
Winner:  Trinity College (Connecticut)
Score:  9-0
 Position  Trinity College (Connecticut)  Hamilton College  Winner  Score
 #1 Singles  Musyoka Mbithi  Matt Billet  Trinity College (Connecticut)  6-2, 2-0 ret.
 #2 Singles  Rutendo Matingo  Max McKee-Proctor  Trinity College (Connecticut)  6-3, 6-1
 #3 Singles  Ford Traff  Jonathan Cohen  Trinity College (Connecticut)  6-1, 6-0
 #4 Singles  Ilya Levin  Eyad Nagori  Trinity College (Connecticut)  6-0, 6-2
 #5 Singles  Ned Mandel  Ian Antonoff  Trinity College (Connecticut)  6-1, 6-0
 #6 Singles  Kyle Sheffers  Burke Paxton  Trinity College (Connecticut)  6-0, 6-1
 #1 Doubles  #19Ford Traff 
 Musyoka Mbithi
 Austin Lokre 
 Max McKee-Proctor
 Trinity College (Connecticut)  8-3
 #2 Doubles  Dan Carpenter 
 David Myers
 Matt Billet 
 Jonathan Cohen
 Trinity College (Connecticut)  8-4
 #3 Doubles  Jagger Riefler 
 William Boyd
 Ian Antonoff 
 Eyad Nagori
 Trinity College (Connecticut)  8-2
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Players Mentioned

William Boyd

William Boyd

5' 9"
Sophomore
Daniel Carpenter

Daniel Carpenter

6' 1"
Senior
Musyoka Mbithi

Musyoka Mbithi

5' 8"
Senior
David Myers

David Myers

6' 2"
Senior
Jagger Riefler

Jagger Riefler

6' 2"
Sophomore
Ford Traff

Ford Traff

6' 2"
Junior

Players Mentioned

William Boyd

William Boyd

5' 9"
Sophomore
Daniel Carpenter

Daniel Carpenter

6' 1"
Senior
Musyoka Mbithi

Musyoka Mbithi

5' 8"
Senior
David Myers

David Myers

6' 2"
Senior
Jagger Riefler

Jagger Riefler

6' 2"
Sophomore
Ford Traff

Ford Traff

6' 2"
Junior