Locked at three wins apiece, Siena Men's Tennis lost a heartbreaker to St. Bonaventure 4-3 with a third set tie-breaker defeat on singles court #6 at Tri-City Fitness on Friday night.
Prior to the start of their match against the Bonnies, four student-athletes were honored in a Senior Day celebration. Among those honored were fifth-year student-athlete
Tomas del Olmo and seniors
Matt Nardone,
Marvin Oberli and
Agustin Suarez.
The Saints (8-7) got off to a solid start, winning all three doubles matches, to take the first point. Nardone and Suarez beat Archie Graham and Rasmus Egehus 6-4,
Dante Russo and
Andrea Moro followed with a 7-6 (1) triumph over Connor Turner and Anargha Ganguh while del Olmo and
Jose Pablo Davila teamed up to topple Norka Sanchez and Hugo Cochlin 7-5 to sweep the doubles action.
Russo kept it going with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Graham from the singles #1 spot, but the Bonnies (7-7) responded with three straight wins to take a 3-2 edge.
Suarez rallied past Turner 6-7 (7), 6-1, 10-7 to give the Saints one last opportunity, but Oberli took a narrow defeat against Luke Young in a 10-8 third set tie-breaker.
Siena will next host Monmouth (8-4) on Sunday at 1:45 p.m. at Tri-City Fitness in Latham.
RESULTS
Doubles
Agustin Suarez/
Matt Nardone (SC) def. Graham/Egehus (STB) 6-4
Dante Russo/
Andrea Moro (SC) def. Turner/Ganguly (STB) 7-6 (1)
Tomas del Olmo/
Jose Pablo Davila (SC) def. Sanchez/Cochlin (STB) 7-5
Singles
Russo (SC) def. Graham (STB) 6-3, 6-1
Egehus (STB) def. del Olmo (SC) 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Suarez (SC) def. Turner (STB) 6-7 (7), 6-1, 10-7
Cochlin (STB) 5-7, 6-4, 13-11 def. Nardone (SC)
Ganguly (STB) def. Moro (SC) 6-2, 7-6 (7)
Young (STB) def. Oberli (SC) 6-7 (8), 6-2, 10-8