HARTFORD, CT – Bantams Men's tennis closed a New England Small College Athletic Conference weekend competing against top nationally ranked no.18 Middlebury College followed by No. 16 Williams College. 

Saturday morning the Bantams hosted the Panthers where they fell 6-1. In doubles, the pair of Luca Garbati and Maxim Golubenko bested Wijemanne/Kondamuri 6-4 for the final. In singles the lone match point came from senior John Pope after he claimed the opening set, 6-2, Noah Lewis was able to level the match 1-1 with a 6-3 win. In a third set tiebreaker Pope secured the win with a 10-6 dominant win. 

Trinity traveled to the no. 16 Williams College Sunday morning where they surrendered a 7-0 loss to the Ephs.

Match Results vs. No. 18 Middlebury
Doubles (count as one match point)
Julian Wu / Noah Lewis (M) def. Brandon Felcher / John Pope (T), 6-3
Luca Garbati / Maxim Golubenko (T) def. Thehan Wijemanne / Nikky Kondamuri (M), 6-4
Hugh Hentschel / Andrew Yim  (M) def. Rico Buoro / Thompson Brown (T), 6-4

Singles
Julian Wu  (M) def. Luca Garbati (T), 6-3, 6-1
John Pope (T) def. Noah Lewis (M), 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)
Thehan Wijemanne (M) def. Maxim Kauffman (T), 6-1, 6-1
Hugh Hentschel (M) def. Maxim Golubenko (T), 3-6, 6-4, 10-4
Andrew Yim (M) def. Rico Buoro (T), 6-0, 6-1
Nikky Kondamuri (M) def. Thompson Brown (T), 6-0, 6-4

Match Results vs. No. 16 Williams
Doubles (count as one match point)
Simon Volkema / Nicholas Chen (W) def. Brandon Felcher / John Pope (T), 6-3
William Luke / Carter Fayard (W) def. Luca Garbati / Maxim Golubenko (T), 6-3
Anthony Lim / Robert Cooper (W) def. Thompson Brown / Andrew Nelson (T), 6-3

Singles
Simon Volkema (W) def. Luca Garbati (T), 6-4, 6-1
Nicholas Chen (W) def. John Pope (T), 6-1, 6-0
William Luke (W) def. Maxim Kauffman (T), 6-0, 6-0
Anthony Lim (W) def. Maxim Golubenko (T), 6-3, 6-0
Robert Cooper (W) def. Rico Buoro (T), 6-0, 6-1
Jack Ling (W) def. Brandon Felcher (T), 6-2, 6-2

Up Next
Trinity looks to rebound on Saturday, April 4, when it travels to Connecticut College for a NESCAC meeting at 10:00 a.m. in New London, Conn.

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