HARTFORD, CT – The Trinity College men's tennis team fell to the visiting No. 62 Wesleyan University, 7-0, Wednesday afternoon on the Paul Assaiante Tennis Courts.  The Bantams lower to 4-8, 1-4 in conference play, while the Cardinals rise to 4-6, 2-2 in the NESCAC.

Trinity's duo of Luca Garbati and Maxim Golubenko and Rico Buoro and Thompson Brown each narrowly fell in their doubles matches Garbati/Golubenko came up short 7-5 to their Cardinal opponents, while Buoro/Brown kept it close with a 7-6 finish.

First-year Golubenko dropped his first set 6-4, but was able to rebuttal and reverse the score in set two winning 6-4. In the final tie breaker match, Golubenko was edged 1-0 surrendering the match point.

Match Results vs. Wesleyan University
Doubles (Count as one match point)
Ryuto Saito / Chase Kasday (W) def. Brandon Felcher / John Pope (T)) 6-3
Brett Keeling / Max Litton (W) def. Luca Garbati / Maxim Golubenko (T) 7-5
Chase Burke / Thomas Jani (W) def. Rico Buoro / Thompson Brown (T) 7-6

Singles
Ryuto Saito (W) def. Luca Garbati (T) 6-2, 6-4
Brett Keeling (W) def. John Pope (T) 6-2, 7-5
Chase Burke (W) def. Maxim Kauffman (T) 6-4, 7-6
Tai MacDonald) def. Maxim Golubenko (T) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0
Thomas Jani (W) def. Andrew Nelson (T) 7-5, 6-3
Max Litton (W) def. Thompson Brown (T) 6-0, 6-0

Up Next
Trinity will host No.18 Middlebury College on Saturday, April 11th for a 12PM match against the Panthers.

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