LAIE, H.I- The Colgate men's tennis team battled to a 5-4 victory over the University of Hawaii at Hilo during their first match of the Michael Schonbraun '96 Spring Break trip.

Bobby Alter (Hinsdale, Illinois) and Win Reynolds (Houston, Texas) led the Raiders with a win each in singles and doubles.

The duos of Alter and Noah Rosenblat (Deerfield, Illinois) and Reynolds and Dean Koman (Short Hills, New Jersey) picked up wins in doubles to give Colgate the 2-1 advantage heading into singles play.

The Vulcans earned victories in first and second singles to regain the match lead. Alter then won a pair of sets 6-4, to win in the third singles spot.

Rosenblat took the fourth singles flight to three sets but Stefan Coney was able to earn the point for Hawaii at Hilo.

Reynolds won at No. 5 singles 6-2, 6-0 and Alec Dardis (Laguna Niguel, California) upped his season record to 7-1 when he netted a 7-5, 6-3 victory to give the Raiders the 5-4 overall win.
 
 
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 5, The University of Hawaii at Hilo 4
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Raiders improve to 5-3 overall on the season while the Vulcans are now 4-7.
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Slezak/Coney (Hilo) def. Daugherty/Hirschberg ('Gate): 9-8
No. 2 – Alter/Rosenblat ('Gate) def. Figlia/Fillat (Hilo): 8-4
No. 3 – Reynolds/Koman ('Gate) def. Tada/Zukeran (Hilo): 9-8
 
SINGLES
No. 1 – Slezak (Hilo) def. Daugherty ('Gate): 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 – Fillat (Hilo) def. Hirschberg ('Gate): 7-6, 6-3
No. 3 – Alter ('Gate) def. Zukeran (Hilo): 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 – Coney (Hilo) def. Rosenblat ('Gate): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 – Reynolds ('Gate) def. Ogawa (Hilo): 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 – Dardis ('Gate) def. Lam (Hilo): 7-5, 6-3
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington
"Under temps well over 90 degrees the men won an epic battle against Hilo today 5-4! We finally played great doubles today and that set the tone. Game balls to Alter and Reynolds for winning both singles and doubles. Also, major credit to Koman for holding to clinch doubles and Dardis for being 7 and 1 on year. We can't wait for a highly ranked BYU team tomorrow and the opportunity to be 6 and 3."
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders face off against BYU- Hawaii in the second match of the Michael Schonbraun '96 Spring Break trip, Thursday, the 16th at 7 p.m. E.T./ 1 p.m. H.T.