NEW LONDON, Conn. - First-years Jack Li (San Diego, Calif./San Marcos) and Ruben Weijer (Son, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands/Frits Philips Lyceum) combined to go 4-0 in doubles on Sunday to highlight the Saint Michael's College men's tennis team's final day at the two-day Connecticut College Invitational. The event was jointly hosted by Connecticut College and the United States Coast Guard Academy.
 
LEADERS

• First-year Jack Li (San Diego, Calif./San Marcos), 4 win
• First-year Ruben Weijer (Son, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands/Frits Philips Lyceum), 4 wins
• Senior Tristian Du Plessis (Rustenburg, South Africa/Hoërskool Waterkloof/Wallace State CC), 3 wins
• Junior Sergio Barroso (Madrid, Spain/Colegio Montpellier), 3 wins
• Senior Jackson Moser (Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point), 2 wins
• First-year Garrett Brooker (Charleston, S.C./Oceanside Collegiate Academy), 2 wins

MATCH FACTS

• All three Purple Knight doubles tandems finished the weekend with 5-3 records.
• Due to inclement weather and court space, teams played a second day of doubles, with singles contests canceled.
• The Purple Knights were ninth in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Region poll.
• Coast Guard is ranked 19th in the most recent Division III ITA Northeast Region rankings.
• Springfield College and Trinity College rounded out the five-school field.

THE ACTION

• Li and Weijer ran their winning streak to five matches by running the table through four decisions on Sunday, beginning with three close contests. They gained a measure of revenge by downing a Springfield duo they lost to on Saturday in a tiebreaker by taking a 7-6 (7-4) decision before besting tandems from Trinity, 7-5, and Coast Guard, 7-6 (7-5), after winning a total of three games against the same pairs in losses on Saturday. In their finale against Connecticut College, Li and Weijer took a 6-3 decision.
• Barroso and Du Plessis went 3-1 on Sunday, blanking Springfield, 6-0, before losing a 6-2 contest to Trinity. The pair pulled a 7-5 victory over a Coast Guard duo that was eighth in the latest Division III ITA Northeast poll, one day after a 6-4 loss to the duo. Barroso and Du Plessis finished with another 7-5 win, this time against the host Camels.
• Brooker and Moser pushed their winning streak to four by beginning Sunday with 6-2 wins over Trinity and Coast Guard, besting a Bear duo they needed a tiebreaker to down on Saturday. The Purple Knights proceeded to lose a 7-6 (8-6) decision against Connecticut College and a 6-2 contest with Springfield.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Tuesday vs. Franklin Pierce University, 2 p.m.