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Ferm Koppelmans
Ivan Henwood '28
2
Franklin Pierce University FPU (1-6, 0-3 NE10)
5
Winner Saint Michael's College STM (3-3, 1-3 NE10)
Franklin Pierce University FPU
(1-6, 0-3 NE10)
2
Final
5
Saint Michael's College STM
(3-3, 1-3 NE10)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men's Tennis Finishes Fall Segment of Season with 5-2 Win Over Franklin Pierce

COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's tennis team concluded its fall slate with a 5-2 Northeast 10 Conference win over Franklin Pierce University on Saturday a the SMC Tennis Courts.
 
RECORDS
  • Saint Michael's (3-3, 1-3 NE10), Franklin Pierce (1-6, 0-4 NE10)
LEADERS
  • Senior Garrett Brooker (Charleston, S.C./Oceanside Collegiate Academy), 2 wins
  • Senior Viktor Boban (Zagreb, Croatia/Franjo Bucar/Frostburg State), 2 wins
  • Junior Richard Lin (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons), 2 wins
  • Junior Jamie Macpherson (Durham, United Kingdom/Framwellgate School Durham), 1 win
  • Sophomore Ferm Koppelmans (Veghel, The Netherlands/Udens College), 1 win
MATCH FACTS
  • With 56 total career wins (56), Brooker took over sixth place in program history, passing Ben Wynn '94 (55) and Josh Weiss '23 (55). He also is now in a five-way tie for eighth in singles wins (28) and alone in ninth in doubles victories (28).
  • The Purple Knights won their third straight from the Ravens, their longest series winning streak since taking eight in a row between 2005 and 2013.
THE ACTION
  • After first-years Benji Deshayes (Walloon Brabant, Belgium/Home Schooled) and Nils Nyman (Sigtuna, Sweden/Stockholms Idrottsgymnasium) opened doubles play with a 6-3 loss at No. 3, Saint Michael's took the point on the strength of four upperclassmen.
  • Brooker and Lin improved to 2-0 as a tandem with a 6-2 win at No. 2 before Boban and Macpherson also moved to 2-0 thanks to taking the clinching 6-4 decision in the top spot.
  • Franklin Pierce swung in front, 2-1, by winning the first two singles contests before the Purple Knights took the final four matches.
  • Brooker tied the match with a 6-4, 6-4 victory at No. 1, and Boban staged a comeback for a 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 triumph in the second position. Koppelmans earned his team-high fifth win of the season by capturing the clinching 6-0, 6-1 decision at No. 6.
  • Lin won his opening set at No. 5 in a tiebreaker outdoors before finishing off a straight-set win in the Tarrant Recreation Center, ultimately concluding the day with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 outing.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH
  • Feb. 19 at Union (N.Y.) College, 2:30 p.m.
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