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Josh Finkle
Kyle Lancto
Josh Finkle won at second doubles and second singles
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Skidmore SKIDMORE (0-1)
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Winner St. Lawrence University SLU-MTEN (2-1)
Skidmore SKIDMORE
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Final
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St. Lawrence University SLU-MTEN
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Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Thoroughbreds begin dual season with tight loss at St. Lawrence

CANTON, N.Y. – The Skidmore College men's tennis team dropped a narrow 5-4 decision on the road at St. Lawrence on Sunday afternoon.
  • St. Lawrence was ahead 2-1 after doubles. Both teams had tiebreaker wins.
  • It came down to the sixth singles match, where SLU's Aidan Baracao outlasted Adel Aissaoui (6-4, 2-6, 6-1) to clinch it for the Saints.   
  • Skidmore tied it up with singles wins from Josh Finkle (6-2, 7-6[7-5]), Louis Bourn (6-0, 6-3), and Nika Mori (6-3, 6-1).
  • Finkle and Mori each won twice. They claimed an 8-7(7-2) victories in the second doubles match.
  • The St. Lawrence win snaps a streak of 12 Skidmore wins in a row in the head-to-head series dating back to 2010.
NEXT UP: Skidmore (0-1) will host Amherst next Saturday, March 2 before going to Middlebury on Sunday, March 3.
 
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