WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. – Williams men's
tennis (5-4, 2-1 NESCAC) rebounded from their most recent loss to
archrival Amherst with a swift victory over their other Little
Three competition, Wesleyan (9-8, 1-6). Four Ephs
singles players closed out their matches with 6-0 second sets,
making quick business of the Cardinals in a domineering 9-0 sweep.
“I was proud of how the team rebounded from Sunday's
tough match with Amherst,” said Williams head coach Dan
Greenberg. “The team also learned a lot from Sunday and made
the adjustments in today's match.”
After struggling in doubles play in recent matches, Greenberg
chose to shift the lineup a bit. Sophomore Kevin Shallcross,
a constant fixture in the Ephs singles lineup since his freshman
year, made just his third appearance of the season at number one
doubles. His first two matches at number one doubles were
played with Nick Lebedoff over spring break. Today Shallcross
joined Dicken Chaplin at court one and the two were victorious,
8-2.
Lebedoff moved down a spot to court two, and reunited with his
doubles partner from last year, Will Petrie. Petrie and
Lebedoff gave up just one game in an 8-1 win. Greenberg kept
the freshman pair together at court three. Felix Sun and Trey
Meyer notched the only doubles victory against Amherst, and were
equally successful in today's match in an 8-3 win.
“We switched some of the doubles teams to maximize
different strengths, and that worked well,” said
Greenberg.
Dominance continued in singles play. At courts two through
six, each Eph player gave up only two games in five straight set
victories. Felix Sun was relentless at court two, sending his
opponent home quickly by winning twelve straight games.
Nick Lebedoff finished the final match of the afternoon, still
delivering a solid straight set win at court one, 6-4, 6-3.
The Ephs travel to Maine this weekend to play in two more
conference matches. Williams will begin play at Bowdoin on
Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
Williams 9, Wesleyan 0 -
Doubles:
1) Dicken Chaplin/Kevin Shallcross (W) def. Alex
Hirsch/Donald Kleckner (WES) --- 8-2
2) Nick Lebedoff/Will Petrie (W) def. Steve Hauser/Brian
McDermott (WES) --- 8-1
3) Felix Sun/Trey Meyer (W) def. Jeff Legunn/Michael Glen (WES)
--- 8-3
Singles:
1) Lebedoff (W) def. Legunn (WES) --- 6-4, 6-3
2) Sun (W) def. Hirsch (WES) --- 6-0, 6-0
3) Petrie (W) def. Kleckner (WES) --- 6-1, 6-1
4) Zach Weiss (W) def. McDermott (WES) --- 6-2, 6-0
5) Shallcross (W) def. Robert Troyer (WES) --- 6-2 6-0
6) Meyer (W) def. Glen (WES) --- 6-2, 6-0
