Box Score MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – It was all Wesleyan on Sunday afternoon as the men's tennis team wrapped up its 2021 spring season with an 8-1 victory over Trinity from the John Wood Memorial Tennis Courts. Wesleyan wraps up its shortened season with a 4-2 record while the Bantams drop to 2-4 overall.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Wesleyan's dominance started early as the Cardinals took all three doubles matches including a clean 8-0 sweep at #2 from Marcus Sweeney '21 and Zach Lieb '22 and a convincing 8-1 triumph for Noah Lilienthal '22 and Ben Mitchell '24 at #1
• The #3 doubles match came down to the wire as Zach Fleischman '21 and Harry Portnoy '24 were in a battle with Granville Kaynor and Carles Kilborn that was knotted at 7-7, sending the match into a tiebreak which the Cardinals pulled ahead with a 7-2 win.
• Armed with a 3-0 advantage, Wesleyan was quick to seal the team victory as wins at #6 from Portnoy (6-0, 6-0) over Cole Wells, #1 with Lilienthal taking down Kaynor 6-0, 6-1, #3 with Lieb making quick work of Chris Bilicic 6-1, 6-1 and #4 as Mitchell defeated Henry Bilicic 6-2, 6-1 put Wesleyan out in front with a 7-0 advantage
• The remaining two singles matches were tighter contests as Fleischman at #2 won the first set of his match against Ross DeRose 6-1 but had to fight in the second set for a 7-5 victory that sealed another Cardinal point
• At #4, Sweeney and Kilborn were very closely matched the first set went Kilborn's way 7-5 and the second set was sent into a tiebreak which the Bantam won 7-3 as that accounted for the lone Trinity point on the day

Doubles:

• #1: Lilienthal/Mitchell (WES) def. DeRose/H. Bilicic (TRINITY) 8-1
• #2: Sweeney/Lieb (WES) def. C. Bilicic/Sanchez-Carrion (TRINITY) 8-0
• #3: Fleischman/Portnoy (WES) def. Katnor/Kilborn (TRINITY)

Singles:

• #1: Lilienthal (WES) def. Kaynor (TRINITY) 6-0, 6-1
• #2: Fleischman (WES) def. DeRose (TRINITY) 6-1, 7-5
• #3: Lieb (WES) def. C. Bilicic (TRINITY) 6-1, 6-1
• #4: Mitchell (WES) def. H. Bilicic (TRINITY) 6-2, 6-1
• #5: Kilborn (TRINITY) def. Sweeney (WES) 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)
• #6: Portnoy (WES) def. Wells (TRINITY) 6-0, 6-0