WORCESTER, Mass. – Max Litton of Colgate Men's Tennis clinched a Saturday afternoon league victory over Holy Cross from the third singles, as the Raiders move to 2-11.
Colgate prevailed to a 4-3 win over Holy Cross after dominating the doubles points with a full sweep. The Raiders split 3-3 in the singles matches but Litton pulled through in a tough battle from the third singles slot. The freshman opened up the set with a 6-4 win, dropping the second set 3-6 but batted back to clinch Colgate's win with a 6-4 third set.
Jack Selati,
Tejas Gupta, and Litton secured singles wins to help power Colgate to victory.
Scores vs. Holy Cross
Doubles
Benito Vlassis / Selati won 6-3.
Mason Caldwell /
John Fazli won 6-4
Aidan Lee /
Josh Israel won 6-4.
Singles
Selati won 6-0, 6-2.
Vlassis fell 2-6, 4-6.
Litton won 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Ben Graham lost 1-6, 6-3, 5-7.
Lee fell 5-7, 7-5, 10-6.
Tejas Gupta won 7-6(4), 6-2.
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington
"A much-needed big league win for the boys today. Holy Cross is dramatically improved and shows yet again there are no easy wins anymore. I thought doubles set the tone with a sweep and Selati and Gupta looked great in singles.
Max Litton gets the game ball for his three-set clinch to win it. Now regroup and the goal is to beat Lafayette Friday."
UP NEXT
Colgate gears up for another Patriot League battle against Lafayette, the first serve is set for Friday at 5 p.m in Hamilton, N.Y.
