BRADENTON, Fla. – Jacob Daugherty (Wiesbaden, Germany) won his 100th career match Tuesday afternoon as the Colgate men's tennis team earned a hard-fought 5-2 victory over the UConn Huskies at IMG Academy during the Michael Schonbraun '96 Spring Break Trip.
 
It was the first time the Raiders had beat UConn since the 2001-02 season and just their third all-time win against the Huskies.
 
Daugherty won in both singles and doubles on Tuesday, one of three Raiders to win both matches. Daugherty earned his 100th career win with his win at doubles before earning his 50th career singles win later in the afternoon.
 
Scott Bickel (Winnetka, Illinois) has now won 10 straight matches at No. 2 doubles and improved to 11-1 while Noah Rosenblat (Deerfield, Illinois) had a solid afternoon with his pair of wins.
 
Colgate battled for the doubles point as all three matches were closely contested and finished in similar time. Daugherty and Bickel teamed up for the win at No. 1 doubles while Rosenblat and Tyler Krantz (Gate Mills, Ohio) won their match at No. 2 doubles.
 
Singles play continued to be a grind for the Raiders but Bickel, Rosenblat and Alec Dardis (Laguna Niguel, California) all won their matches at No. 2-4 singles to secure the match win. Daugherty rounded out the afternoon for Colgate with his three-set win at singles.
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Daugherty/Bickel ('Gate) def. Warren/Flanagan (UConn): 6-4
No. 2 – Rosenblat/Krantz ('Gate) def. Zheng/Holtmann (UConn): 6-4
No. 3 – Hill/McLister (UConn) def. Dardis/Ablon ('Gate): 6-4
 
SINGLES
No. 1 – Daugherty ('Gate) def. Zheng (UConn): 7-6, 5-7, 10-6
No. 2 – Bickel ('Gate) def. McLister (UConn): 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 – Rosenblat ('Gate) def. Hill (UConn): 6-3, 7-5
No. 4 – Dardis ('Gate) def. Warren (UConn): 6-2, 7-6
No. 5 – Holtmann (UConn) def. Hartman ('Gate): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 – Edwards (UConn) def. Ablon ('Gate): 6-4, 6-3
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington
"Massive win and effort for the men today. It started with a hotly contested doubles point then grinded out the singles. We have never beaten UConn in my time here and they are a major team in a major conference. Jacob also reached his 100th win! We are now 8-4, which is outstanding with the schedule we have. Bring on Quinnipiac!"
 
UP NEXT
Colgate rounds out the Michael Schonbraun '96 Spring Break Trip in Florida Thursday with a match against the Quinnipiac Bobcats beginning at 10 a.m. at IMG Academy.