SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Saturday's match at Drumlins Country Club came down to a few precious points, as the Colgate Men's Tennis team fell by a 5-2 final to Binghamton.
The close day started off in doubles when a pair of matches went to a decisive 13th game.
Noah Rosenblat and
Rohan Gupta just narrowly fell by a 7-6 final in their match and the combination of
Kun Tan and
Nate Romig lost by that same tally.
Scott Bickel almost got the first team point of the day for the Raiders at number one singles when he went to the full three sets, but fell 4-6, 6-4, 10-3.
At number two, Rosenblat kept on rolling. He needed just two sets to dispose of his opponent in a 6-4, 6-3 final.
Colgate's other win on the afternoon came from red hot
Peter Hartman, who claimed a marathon of a victory in a 1-6, 6-2, 10-7 decision.
THE RUNDOWN
Singles
Kushaan Nath (Binghamton) d.
Scott Bickel (Colgate) 4-6, 6-4, 10-3
Noah Rosenblat (Colgate) d. Tiago Lourenco (Binghamton) 6-4, 6-3
Dylan Friedman (Binghamton) d.
Alec Dardis (Colgate) 6-4, 6-4
Peter Hartman (Colgate) d. Inigo Saez (Binghamton) 1-6, 6-2, 10-7
Alejandro Pena (Binghamton) d.
Rohan Gupta (Colgate) 7-5, 6-2
Valentin Bouchet (Binghamton) d.
Kun Tan (Colgate) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
Nath/Lourenco (Binghamton) d. Bickel/Dardis (Colgate) 6-1
Bouchet/Friedman (Binghamton) d. Rosenblat/Gupta (Colgate) 7-6
Saez/Josh Druger (Binghamton) d. Tan/
Nate Romig (Colgate) 7-6
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach
Bobby Pennington
"Great battle per usual today against non-conference rival Binghamton. Three years in a row of instant classics."
"We lost two and three doubles in both tiebreakers where we had match points. In singles, credit to Hartman, who has seven wins on the year, for pulling through in three sets and Rosenblat for continuing his amazing senior year."
"Bickel lost a high level match in three sets. The good news to take away is that Binghamton beat the top two teams in our league, Army and Navy, and we were points away from winning 4-3."
UP NEXT
Colgate begins its spring break trip Monday when they visit Palm Beach Atlantic in West Palm Beach, Fla. Start time is set for 4 p.m.
