University of Connecticut Athletics
Men's Tennis Suffers 4-3 Loss To Boston University
4/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
STORRS, Conn. (April 10, 2007) - The University of Connecticut men's tennis team suffered a heartbreaking loss to Boston University, 4-3, on Tuesday afternoon in Storrs, Conn.
The Terriers captured the doubles point by sweeping all three matches. But the Huskies fought back to take three singles matches.
Freshman Joe Goldstein (Tucson, Ariz.) was a 6-1, 7-6 winner at No. 2 over Charles Weinstein. Sophomore Ben Schueler (Arlington, Mass.) defeated Giulio Gallarotti 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 while freshman Tom Cook (Pittsford, N.Y.) got a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Miron Nissim at No. 5.
The Huskies remain home for a matchup with St. John's on Thursday afternoon with first serve set for 3 p.m.
Boston University 4, UConn 3
Singles
No. 1 Barrett Wolf (BU) def. Joey Michaels (UC) 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Joe Goldstein (UC) def. Charles Weinstein (BU) 6-1, 7-6
No. 3 Ben Schueler (UC) def. Giulio Gallarotti (BU) 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Jeff Chudacoff (BU) def. Christian Malerba (UC) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6
No. 5 Tom Cook (UC) def. Miron Nissim (BU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 Ross Lohr (BU) def. Aaron Ribchinsky (UC) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 Wolf/Gallarotti (BU) def. Goldstein/Schueler (UC) 8-6
No. 2 Weinstein/Lohr (BU) def. Michaels/Malerba (UC) 8-4
No. 3 Chudacoff/DeMeo (BU) def. Cook/Nate Carvalho (UC) 8-4
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