Saint Michael's College

COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's tennis team lost to Northeast 10 Conference power Adelphi University, 6-1, on Saturday at the SMC Tennis Courts. The Panthers won the last three NE10 Championships to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-3, 0-3 NE10), Adelphi (2-0, 2-0 NE10)

LEADERS

• First-year Benji Deshayes (Walloon Brabant, Belgium/Home Schooled), 2 wins
• Junior Richard Lin (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons), 1 win

THE ACTION

• Adelphi took the doubles point by the narrowest of margins. After junior Jamie Macpherson (Durham, United Kingdom/Framwellgate School Durham) and sophomore Ferm Koppelmans (Veghel, The Netherlands/Udens College) opened with a 6-3 loss at No. 3, the final two matches came down to 7-5 finals.
• Deshayes and Lin improved to 3-1 this season by taking their contest in the second slot, but seniors Viktor Boban (Zagreb, Croatia/Franjo Bucar/Frostburg State) and Garrett Brooker (Charleston, S.C./Oceanside Collegiate Academy) lost at No. 1, yielding the visitors a 1-0 lead.
• Panthers combined to lose only six games en route to a pair of singles victories that made it 3-0.
• Deshayes followed with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 4, but the final three matches went to Adelphi.
• Boban won his first set before retiring in the third set at No. 2, Lin lost a close opening set in a 7-5, 6-0 setback in the fifth position, and Koppelmans was defeated 6-4, 6-1 at No. 6.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Sunday vs. Université du Québec à Montréal, 11 a.m. for an exhibition match.
• The Purple Knights' next regular-season match is next Saturday vs. Franklin Pierce University, 11 a.m.