Opening its fall season by hosting a two-day non-scoring round-robin dual, the Binghamton men’s tennis team tested its strength against four of five participating teams this weekend. Buffalo, Bryant, Duquesne, Colgate and Niagara competed in up to eight singles and four doubles matches spread throughout Saturday and Sunday at the Tennis Complex. BU faced all teams except Colgate.

Sophomore Frenk Kote achieved the Bearcats’ greatest success, accumulating a perfect 3-0 record from the fifth singles position. Junior Eliott Hureau played as the second single in his first two matches, in which he went 1-1 and tallied a third win from the third spot over Duquesne’s Adam Blasinsky. Senior Ismael Dinia, in conjunction with Robin Lesage on Saturday and Sid Hazarika on Sunday, prevailed over each of his four opponents, earning a perfect 4-0 at No. 1 doubles.

Individual successes aside, Binghamton largely faltered in its singles matchups, dropping six of seven to Bryant, five of seven to Buffalo and four of six to Duquesne. The team fared better in doubles, taking nine of 14 total contests.

The Bearcats are not scheduled for another match until Sept. 19, when they will either participate in the Ivy Plus Invitational, hosted by Princeton, or the UVA Plus 1 Invitational.