BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The Raiders men's tennis team dropped a tight match to Binghamton, 5-2, at the Binghamton Tennis Center Sunday night.
 
Colgate finished their regular season with an overall record of 14-6, marking the third time in the last four seasons the Raiders have compiled 14 wins.
 
The Raiders got off to a hot start, sweeping in doubles action and taking the No. 1 singles match.
 
Jacob Daugherty picked up two victories. In the No. 1 singles match the Wiesbaden, Germany, native battled back with consecutive 6-4 wins in the second and third sets, after dropping the first 6-1. In doubles, Daugherty and partner Alec Dardis held strong to take down Binghamton's Inigo Saez and Alejandro Pena 6-3.
 
The singles matches were in credibly close with all but one going three sets. Scott Bickel and Peter Hartman were both presented with match points, but were unable to put the match away.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Binghamton 5, Colgate 2
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Rosenblat/Krantz ('Gate) def. Nath/Lourenco (Bing): 6-3
No. 2 – Daugherty/Dardis ('Gate) def. Saez/Pena (Bing): 6-3
No. 3 – Hartman/Ablon ('Gate) Quiros/Bouchet (Bing): 6-4
 
SINGLES
No. 1 – Daugherty ('Gate) def. Nath (Bing): 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 – Lourenco (Bing) def. Bickel ('Gate): 1-6, 7-6, 6-4
No. 3 – Quiros (Bing) def. Rosenblat ('Gate): 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
No. 4 – Saez (Bing) def. Dardis ('Gate): 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 – Pena (Bing) def. Hartman ('Gate): 5-7, 6-1, 7-6
No. 6 – Druger (Bing) def.  Ablon ('Gate): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington
"After sweeping the doubles, singles was a complete marathon war. Five of six singles went deep into the third sets. Credit to Daugherty for pulling his out and keeping his composure. Bickel and Hartman each had match points and Rosenblat and Ablon were so close. We were literally two single points from winning. That being said, an outstanding regular season at 14-6 and 4-1 in league play and hopefully we get a very high seed. We now turn our attention to hosting and making a deep run in the tournament."
 

UP NEXT
The Raiders shift their focus to the Patriot League Tournament, which will be played in Hamilton, from Thursday to Sunday.