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Men's Tennis

No. 26 Men's Tennis Falls to No. 11 Babson, 5-2

BABSON PARK, Mass. - In a matchup of NEWMAC undefeated teams, it was host No. 11 Babson coming away with a 5-2 win over the No. 26 MIT men's tennis team on Tuesday afternoon on the Babson Tennis Courts. 

THE BASICS: 

  • Score: Babson 5, MIT 2 
  • Records: No. 26 MIT (9-6 Overall, 4-1 Overall); No. 11 Babson (13-4, 5-0 NEWMAC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

  • In No. 1 singles, Adam Sun and Grant Gallagher took a 6-4 win over Alex Merson and Maxin Zlobinski.  
  • Tyler Li and Hunter Liao took on Edward Wang and Sebastian Mendoza in two doubles with the Babson team taking the 6-3 win. 
  • SangHyuk Im and Rushil Patel tied up the finals double match at four all before Louis Bourn and Martin Mejia won the next two sets to take a 6-4 win in No. 3 doubles and give the Beavers the doubles point.  
  • Babson won four of six doubles matches, taking courts 1,2,5, and 6. 
  • In court three, Siddharth Marathe defeated Zlobinsky by a score of 6-4, 6-4. 
  • After dropping the first set 2-6, Li rallied to take the next two from Mendoza, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). 
  • Gallagher took set one 7-6 (7-4) over Max August Lidman, but Lidman took the next two sets.  

UP NEXT: 

  • The Engineers continue the road as they will head to Springfield to take on the Pride, tomorrow, Wednesday, April 15 for a 3:30 PM match. 

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Players Mentioned

Grant Gallagher

Grant Gallagher

5' 9"
Junior
SangHyuk Im

SangHyuk Im

5' 8"
Sophomore
Siddharth Marathe

Siddharth Marathe

6' 3"
Junior
Adam Sun

Adam Sun

6' 2"
Junior
Tyler Li

Tyler Li

5' 11"
First Year
Hunter Liao

Hunter Liao

5' 11"
First Year
Rushil Patel

Rushil Patel

5' 10"
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Grant Gallagher

Grant Gallagher

5' 9"
Junior
SangHyuk Im

SangHyuk Im

5' 8"
Sophomore
Siddharth Marathe

Siddharth Marathe

6' 3"
Junior
Adam Sun

Adam Sun

6' 2"
Junior
Tyler Li

Tyler Li

5' 11"
First Year
Hunter Liao

Hunter Liao

5' 11"
First Year
Rushil Patel

Rushil Patel

5' 10"
Graduate Student