The Binghamton men’s tennis team improved its record to 3-2 over the weekend, picking up a pair of wins during its two-day stint at Brown. After falling to the No. 61-ranked Bears in Saturday’s opener, Binghamton rebounded with back-to-back shutouts against Quinnipiac and Bryant on Saturday afternoon and Sunday, respectively.
Binghamton sophomore Robin Lesage secured the Bearcats’ only point against the hosts on Saturday morning, defeating Brown sophomore Michael Riechmann, 6-4, 6-2, in the No. 1 singles spot.
Lesage picked up two more wins later in the day to lead the Bearcats to a 7-0 sweep of Quinnipiac. After teaming up with classmate Ismael Dinia to pull out an 8-5 victory at the No. 1 doubles spot, Lesage coasted to a 6-0, 6-2 win in singles play. The Bearcats would sweep doubles play against the Bobcats, with wins coming from the duos of freshman Sid Hazarika and sophomore Aswin Nambi, and senior Bastian Bornkessel and freshman Eliott Hureau.
Dinia, Hazarika, Hureau, junior Ruben Haggai and freshman Alexander Maisin notched the remaining singles wins to complete the sweep.
On Sunday, the Bearcats completed their second straight shutout, sweeping singles play and garnering the doubles point against Bryant.
The tandems of Bornkessel/Dinia, Lesage/Hureau and Hazarika/Nambi put up three straight wins in doubles play to hand Binghamton the point.
“We played better doubles [on Sunday],” Binghamton head coach Adam Cohen said in a press release on www.bubearcats.com. “Some other guys stepped into the lineup and did a good job, and that was nice to see.”
In singles, Lesage, Dinia, Hazarika, Haggai, Nambi and Hureau completed the shutout with six straight wins.
After dropping his opening set, Lesage improved to 4-1 in duals with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 comeback. Hazarika’s match also went to three sets after the rookie won his first set and fell in the second. Hazarika grabbed the win by edging past his opponent, 6-4, in the third set. His collegiate career is now off to a 4-1 start in dual action.
Binghamton is set to return to action next weekend at Dartmouth’s Alexis Boss Tennis Center. The Bearcats are scheduled to take on the hosts at noon on Friday before facing off against Boston College the following day at noon.