WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—  The 28^th ranked Skidmore College men's tennis team narrowly missed the upset of 14^th ranked Williams College, dropping a tightly contested 5-4 match, Sunday afternoon.

With the match tied 4-4, the outcome came down to number five singles. Skidmore's Jonah Epstein shook off a first set 6-2 loss to Sachin Raghavan, battling back in the second set with a 6-4 win.  Raghavan took the third set 6-4 to give Williams the 5-4 win.

The Ephs led 2-1 after doubles Epstein and Kai Yuen Leung had the Thoroughbred win at number two doubles 8-6 over Jordan Sadowsky and Brian Astrachan.

Leung beat Jose Raventos 6-1, 7-5 at number one singles. Kit Sanderson was a 6-1 6-1 winner at number two singles over Rohan Shastri. Ted Berkowitz won 6-4, 6-0 at number six singles against Howard Weiss.
Skidmore returns to action on April 10 against Emory University at Middlebury College.  
 
Williams 5, Skidmore 4
1. Leung, Kai Yuen (SKIDMORE) def. Raventos, Jose (WILLIAMS) 6-1, 7-5
2. Sanderson, Kit (SKIDMORE) def. Shastri, Rohan (WILLIAMS) 6-1, 6-1
3. Harron, Conrad (WILLIAMS) def. Koulouris, Steven (WILLIAMS) 6-3, 6-2
4. Grodecki, Brian (WILLIAMS) def. Pickering, Lucas (SKIDMORE) 7-5, 6-3
5. Raghavan, Sachin (WILLIAMS) def. Epstein, Jonah (SKIDMORE) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
6. Berkowitz, Ted (SKIDMORE) def. Weiss, Howard (WILLIAMS) 6-4, 6-0
1. Raventos, Jose/Shastri, Rohan (WILLIAMS) def. Sanderson, Kit/Tong, Nick (SKIDMORE) 8-6
2. Epstein, Jonah/Leung, Kai Yuen (SKIDMORE) def. Sadowsky, Jordan/Astrachan, Brian (WILLIAMS) 9-7
3. Raghavan, Sachin/Grodecki, Brian (WILLIAMS) def. Pickering, Lucas/Koulouris, Steven (SKIDMORE) 8-5
Match Notes:
Williams 6-5, nationally ranked #14, regionally ranked #3
Skidmore 7-5, nationally ranked #28, regionally ranked #10