CLAREMONT, Calif. – The 26
th-ranked Skidmore College men's tennis team suffered a 9-0 defeat by the hands of No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, in non-league action at the Bisantz Family Tennis Center Thursday afternoon.
Skidmore falls to 6-2 and will finish the busy week on Friday against No. 2 Bowdoin at 4 p.m. local time. CMS improves to 12-2 and they will host No. 6 Amherst and No. 17 Tufts on Saturday.
The Thoroughbreds kept things competitive in doubles action. The teams of
Travis Leaf/
Lucas Pickering at No. 2 and
Jack McClaren/
Jason Keye at No. 3 suffered narrow 8-6 losses.
The Stags swept the six singles matches in straight sets, but Skidmore put up fights in a pair of matches.
JT Wynne dropped the first set and battled in the second set of a 6-2, 7-5 loss to Jack Katzman at No. 2, while
Ted Berkowitz nearly pulled it out in the first set, but fell 7-6, 6-2 to Julian Gordy at No. 5.
Skidmore College vs Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Mar 15, 2018)
#3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 9, #26 Skidmore College 0
Mar 15, 2018 at Claremont, CA (Biszantz Family Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Nikolai Parodi (CMSM) def. Steven Koulouris (SKIDMORE) 6-4, 6-1 |
| 2. Jack Katzman (CMSM) def. JT Wynne (SKIDMORE) 6-2, 7-5 |
| 3. Oscar Burney (CMSM) def. Travis Leaf (SKIDMORE) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 4. Daniel Park (CMSM) def. Jack McClaren (SKIDMORE) 6-3, 6-4 |
| 5. Julian Gordy (CMSM) def. Ted Berkowitz (SKIDMORE) 7-6, 6-2 |
| 6. Avinash Vemuri (CMSM) def. Lucas Pickering (SKIDMORE) 6-1, 6-0 |
| Match Notes |
| Skidmore College 6-2; National ranking #26 |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 12-2; National ranking #3 |
