CLINTON, N.Y. – It was a dominating performance from the Wesleyan men's tennis team on Saturday as the Cardinals toppled the Continentals, 8-1, from the Tietje Family Tennis Courts. Wesleyan concludes the regular season with a 3-2 overall record and 2-2 mark in NESCAC West Division play while Hamilton finishes 0-4 in the shortened 2021 spring season.
NOTES
- Wesleyan swept the doubles matches for the third time this season as the Cardinals won the three matches by a combined score of 24-6
- Noah Lilienthal '22 and Ben Mitchell '24 defeated Max Zimmerman and Rob Dotterer at No. 1 by a score of 8-3 as the Cardinals' top doubles pairing moved to 4-1 on the season
- Marcus Sweeney '21 and Zach Lieb '22 were first to finish their doubles match at No. 2 as the duo defeated Danny Tsyvin and Joe Reiner 8-1
- Zach Fleischman '21 and Harry Portnoy '24 completed the doubles sweep with an 8-2 victory over Eamon Gibbons and Eric Stein at No. 3
- Singles play largely was much like the doubles matches as Wesleyan won five of the six matches in straight sets
- Portnoy was first to finish at No. 6 as he almost claimed a clean sweep with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Jafar Sharipov
- Mitchell was right behind at No. 5 as the first-year took down Tim Derby 6-2, 6-1
- Fleischman continued to roll as he dominated Reiner 6-0, 6-3 at No. 3 and Lilienthal toppled Zimmerman 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1
- Lieb had a back-and-forth opening set with Dotterer at No. 2 before pulling out the 7-5 win and the junior carried that momentum into the second set with a match-sealing 6-1 win
- Sweeney fell in his singles match as he took Stein into a third set tiebreak at No. 4 before ultimately losing by a set score line of 6-3, 2-6, 10-4
Doubles
- #1: Lilienthal/Mitchell (WES) def. Zimmerman/Dotterer (HAM) 8-3
- #2: Sweeney/Lieb (WES) def. Tsyvin/Reiner (HAM) 8-1
- #3: Fleischman/Portnoy (WES) def. Gibbons/Stein (HAM) 8-2
Singles
- #1: Lilienthal (WES) def. Zimmerman (HAM) 6-3, 6-2
- #2: Lieb (WES) def. Dotterer (HAM) 7-5, 6-1
- #3: Fleischman (WES) def. Reiner (HAM) 6-0, 6-3
- #4: Stein (HAM) def. Sweeney (WES) 6-3, 2-6, 10-4
- #5: Mitchell (WES) def. Derby (HAM) 6-2, 6-1
- #6: Portnoy (WES) def. Sharipov (HAM) 6-1, 6-0
UP NEXT
Wesleyan finishes up the 2021 spring season next Sunday with a home match against Trinity scheduled for 1:00 PM.