COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's tennis team opened Northeast 10 Conference play with a 4-3 loss to Bentley University on Saturday. The lengthy match began outdoors on the SMC Tennis Courts before being completed after sunset in the Tarrant Recreation Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-1, 0-1 NE10), Bentley (2-0, 2-0 NE10)

LEADERS

• Junior Viktor Boban (Zagreb, Croatia/Franjo Bucar/Frostburg State), 2 wins
• Senior Simon Lundholm (Le Luc, France/CNED), 1 win
• Senior Julius van den Broek (Bergschenhoek, The Netherlands/Wolfert Lyceum), 1 win
• Junior Garrett Brooker (Charleston, S.C./Oceanside Collegiate Academy), 1 win
• Sophomore Jamie Macpherson (Durham, United Kingdom/Framwellgate School Durham), 1 win

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights took the opening doubles point. Macpherson and van den broek captured a 6-2 decision at No. 2 to improve to 2-0 before the 3-0 tandem of Boban and Brooker picked up a 6-4 win at No. 1.
• In the third position, sophomore Richard Lin (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons) and first-year Ferm Koppelmans (Veghel, The Netherlands/Udens College) dropped a 6-4 decision.
• Bentley won the first two singles matches to take a lead before Boban tied the teams behind a 6-2, 7-5 victory in the second position, in the process moving to 3-0 this fall.
• The Falcons went ahead for good when Brooker lost a back-and-forth 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 affair at No. 3, and the visitors clinched with a win a No. 5, but only after Koppelmans lost the opening set just 6-4.
• Lundholm rallied for a 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 triumph in the sixth spot to cap the day's action, moving to 3-0.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Friday at Day 1 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Regional Championship at U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.