Men’s Tennis Wins Twice on Busy Thursday – Connecticut College

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Connecticut College men’s tennis team picked up a pair of wins on a busy Thursday, beating Franklin & Marshall College by a 4-1 final in the morning and securing a 5-2 victory over Hampden-Sydney College in the afternoon.

Conn kicked off the morning sessions with wins at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles to go up 1-0 in the match. James Serhant III (Hadley, Mass.) and Jules Taylor-Kerman (New York, N.Y.) won by a 6-4 tally while Krishh Tipnis (Thane, India) and Sigmund Winiecki (Jaffrey, N.H.) won by a 7-5 count.

The Camels won three of the four completed singles matches to sew up the win. Winiecki and Tucker Catalano (Duxbury, Mass.) won in straight sets at Nos. 3 and 6, respectively, while Serhant won in a 10-point tiebreaker at No. 4. Nikhil Agarwal (San Mateo, Calif.) and Gavin Anderson (Avon, Conn.) both led in their matches at the top two spots but couldn’t complete them in the allotted time frame.

Conn followed a similar script in the afternoon, again taking a 1-0 advantage thanks to doubles wins by the duos of Walker Mulligan (Guilford, Conn.) and Kalevi Kaukonen (Mill Valley, Calif.) at No. 2 and Catalano and Colby Hall (Duxbury, Mass.) at No. 3. In singles action, both Taylor-Kerman and Agarwal won in 10-point tiebreakers while Wolf Sohlberg (Espoo, Finland) and Anderson won in straight sets.

Conn (7-4 overall) will next play Skidmore College on Friday, March 14 at 7:30 a.m.