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No. 65 Trinity Drops Matches to No. 33 Brandeis and No. 15 Wesleyan

| By: DeVaux
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HARTFORD, Conn. – The No. 65-ranked Trinity College Men's Tennis team faced a challenging weekend, falling 5–2 to No. 33 Brandeis University on Friday afternoon before suffering a 7–0 loss to No. 15 Wesleyan University.

Against Brandeis, Trinity picked up two points—one from a dominant straight-set victory by Sam Park and another from a default win awarded to Pierce Rutledge. Despite the overall result, the Bantams fought hard in singles play, with multiple matches pushing into tight second sets or a deciding third.

In doubles action versus Wesleyan, Brandon Felcher and John Pope highlighted the day with a 7–5 win over the Cardinals' Harry Collomb and Max Litton. The Bantams' other two doubles pairings battled in competitive matches, including a narrow tiebreak loss in the No. 2 spot.

Match 1: Brandeis 5, Trinity 2

Doubles:

  • Walters/Shemesh (Brandeis) def. Felcher/Pope (Trinity), 6-2

  • Wang-Fan/Garbett (Brandeis) def. Garbati/Edstrom (Trinity), 6-2

  • Galvez/Kotzen (Brandeis) def. Nelson/Rutledge (Trinity), 6–3

Singles:

  • Dylan Walters (Brandeis) def. John Pope (Trinity), 6-2, 6-1

  • Daniel Shemesh (Brandeis) def. Luca Garbati (Trinity), 6-4, 7-5

  • Pierce Garbett (Brandeis) def. Axel Edstrom (Trinity), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

  • Benjamin Kotzen (Brandeis) def. Andrew Nelson (Trinity), 6-3, 6-2

  • Sam Park (Trinity) def. David Galvez (Brandeis), 6-1, 6-0

  • Pierce Rutledge (Trinity) def. No Player (Brandeis), Win by Default

Match 2: Wesleyan 7, Trinity 0

Doubles:

  • Felcher/Pope (Trinity) def. Collomb/Litton (Wesleyan), 7-5

  • Lustgarten/Bilski (Wesleyan) def. Nelson/Rutledge (Trinity), 7(7)-6(5)

  • Kasday/Keeling (Wesleyan) def. Garbati/Edstrom (Trinity), 6–2

Singles:

  • Harry Collomb (Wesleyan) def. John Pope (Trinity), 7-5, 6-4

  • Max Lustgarten (Wesleyan) def. Luca Garbati (Trinity), 6-2, 6-1

  • Max Litton (Wesleyan) def. Axel Edstrom (Trinity), 6-3, 6-1

  • Brett Keeling (Wesleyan) def. Sam Park (Trinity), 6-4, 6-4

  • Chase Kasday (Wesleyan) def. Pierce Rutledge (Trinity), 6-2, 6-2

  • Tai MacDonald (Wesleyan) def. Brandon Felcher (Trinity), 6-3, 6-1

    TRINITY ATHLETICS

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