Raiders Wrap Up SB Trip With Thriller

Colgate Completed the the Michael Schonbraun '96 Spring Break Tennis Trip Wednesday With a Thrilling 4-3 Victory Over Babson (Mass.)

PALMAS DEL MAR, Puerto Rico – Colgate Men's Tennis wrapped up the Michael Schonbraun '96 Spring Break Tennis trip Wednesday with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Babson (Mass.).

The Raiders captured all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead before Bobby Alter (6-3, 6-1) and Win Reynolds (6-3, 6-1) won their respective singles matches to stretch the Colgate lead to 3-0.

The Beavers would battle back, claiming the singles matches in the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 6 slots to tie the match at 3-3 and setup a winner-take-all between Nick Laub and Babson junior Victor Vu at number three singles.

Laub won the opening set, 6-4, but Vu rallied to take the second set 7-5, and twice had opportunities to serve for the match leading 5-4 and 6-5 in the decisive third set. Laub broke Vu's serve on both occasions and then went on to win the tiebreak to seal the match with a 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4) result.

Bottom Line
Colgate 4, Babson 3

Won-Lost Records
- Colgate won its fifth straight match as it improved to 10-5 on the season.
- Babson saw its three-match winning streak halted as it moved to 4-2.

Match Results
Doubles
1. Jacob Doherty / Tom Haile (COL) def. Victor Vu / Connor DeFiore (BAB), 8-4
2. Alan Pleat / Nick Laub (COL) def. Ramone Doyley / Roberto Perez (BAB), 8-6
3. Will Reynolds / Bobby Alter (COL) def. Isaac Thylen / Saif Rahim (BAB), 8-5

Singles
1. Roberto Perez (BAB) def. Jacob Doherty (COL), 6-2, 6-4
2. Isaac Thylen (BAB) def. Alan Pleat (COL), 6-2, 6-3
3. Nick Laub (COL) def. Victor Vu (BAB), 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4)
4. Will Reynolds (COL) def. Connor DeFiore (BAB), 6-2, 6-3
5. Bobby Alter (COL) def. Ben Roque (BAB), 6-3, 6-1
6. Ramone Doyley (BAB) def. Jake Hirshberg (COL), 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

From The Source
Colgate Head Coach Bobby Pennington
(On match)
"The men improved to 10-5 overall and won its fifth straight with a win over a solid Babson team. More importantly, we got that clutch gene, undefeated in 4-3 matches this season. Game ball goes to Nick Laub, winning 7-6 in third. Bring on Loyola!"

Up Next
- Colgate returns to action March 28 when they travel to Patriot League foe Loyola (Md.) for an 11 a.m. match.

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Players Mentioned

Bobby Alter: 6' 2"; Sophomore

Tom Haile: 5' 10"; Junior

Nick Laub: 6' 2"; Junior

Alan Pleat: 6' 2"; Senior

Win Reynolds: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Bobby Alter
: 6' 2"; Sophomore

Tom Haile
: 5' 10"; Junior

Nick Laub
: 6' 2"; Junior

Alan Pleat
: 6' 2"; Senior

Win Reynolds
: 6' 0"; Sophomore