WILIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Williams College men's tennis team defeated Skidmore College 5-0 in a Third Round match in the NCAA Division III men's Tennis Tournament.
The unranked Thoroughbreds (13-9) were playing in the NCAA third round for only the second time in program history after upsetting nationally ranked MIT in the second round.
The Ephs (20-3), ranked fifth nationally, are headed to the NCAA Quarterfinals to be held in Kalamazoo, Michigan starting on May 20.
Williams opened the match that was played indoors in Lansing Chapman Rink due to inclement weather by sweeping the doubles points to build a 3-0 lead heading into singles play.
In the day's closest match at one doubles, Skidmore's
Jimmy Sherpa and
Danny Knight opened up a 2-0 lead only to see the Eph tandem of Trey Meyer and Alex Schidlovsky come back to tie at two all. Sherpa and Knight then won the next two points only to see Meyer/Schidlovsky tie the match at 4 all.
Meyer Schidlovsky then opened up a 7-5 lead, but the Thoroughbreds' top tandem rallied to tie the match at 7. Up 8-7 Meyer served the Ephs out of a 15-30 deficit to take game nine and the secure the third point of the match, 9-7.
The fourth Eph point of the match came from senior Zach Weiss who downed Skidmore's
Gabe Steerman in straight sets at four singles, 6-2, 6-3.
The fifth and final point of the match for Williams came from senior Felix Sun who prevailed over Skidmore's Knight in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.
Williams College Tennis
Skidmore College vs Williams College
May 11, 2013 at
FINAL
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Williams College |
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Skidmore College |
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5 |
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0 |
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#1 SINGLES |
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3 |
Notes |
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Jimmy Sherpa, Skidmore College |
3 |
4 |
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Trey Meyer, Williams College |
6 |
3 |
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#2 SINGLES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Miles Ransom, Skidmore College |
4 |
1 |
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Matt Micheli, Williams College |
6 |
5 |
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#3 SINGLES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Danny Knight, Skidmore College |
1 |
2 |
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Order of finish: 2 |
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Felix Sun, Williams College |
6 |
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#4 SINGLES |
1 |
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3 |
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Gabe Steerman, Skidmore College |
2 |
3 |
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Order of finish: 1 |
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Zach Weiss, Williams College |
6 |
6 |
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#5 SINGLES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Jonah Epstein, Skidmore College |
1 |
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Bryan Chow, Williams College |
0 |
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#6 SINGLES |
1 |
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3 |
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Kit Green-Sanderson, Skidmore College |
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Howie Weiss, Williams College |
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#1 DOUBLES |
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3 |
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Jimmy Sherpa/Danny Knight, Skidmore College |
7 |
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Order of finish: 3 |
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Trey Meyer/Alex Schidlovsky, Williams College |
9 |
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#2 DOUBLES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Kit Green-Sanderson/Nick Tong, Skidmore College |
4 |
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Order of finish: 2 |
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Matt Micheli/Felix Sun, Williams College |
8 |
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#3 DOUBLES |
1 |
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3 |
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Miles Ransom/Gabe Steerman, Skidmore College |
2 |
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Order of finish: 1 |
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Bryan Chow/Brian Astraschan, Williams College |
8 |
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