Siena Men's Tennis junior Duarte Melo had a memorable trip to Brown. 
 
And, for the second consecutive week, the Saints played competitively against an Ivy League member school before falling 6-1 at the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, RI. 
 
"We had a lot of hard-fought sets today," said first-year Siena men's tennis head coach John Chiaramonte.

"I like how this team has a 'next point' mentality.  We are fighting every point.  Congrats to Duarte [Melo] for winning his first ever Division I match."
 
Melo, a junior transfer, played for two seasons at Shawnee State (OH)—a NAIA school. 
 
The Lisbon, Portugal native showed resilience in doing so by earning the victory in come-from-behind fashion. 

After dropping the opening set 7-5 to Alexander Bravo at the singles #5 position, Melo rallied to take the next two sets by the scores of 6-3 and 10-6 in the tie-breaker. 
 
In other action, the Saints dropped the remainder of the singles matches in straight sets, but stretched them out into longer matches against the Browns (2-4). 
 
In doubles play, Brown won each of the first two doubles positions by the identical score of 6-3 while the #3 players did not finish. 
 
Next up, the Saints (1-2) will play in the Binghamton Invitational next weekend on Saturday, Feb. 3 and Sunday, Feb. 4. 
 
MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS
#1 Noah Hernandez (B) def. Fabio Varella (SC) 6-1, 7-5
#2 Tim Dzhurinskiy (B) def. Zino Varouhas-Poole (SC) 6-3, 6-3
#3 Alex Finkelstein (B) def. Oscar Martinez (SC) 7-5, 6-4
#4 Alexander Koong (B) def. Maxwell Acri (SC) 6-1, 6-2
#5 Duarte Melo (SC) def. Alexander Bravo (B) 5-7, 6-3, 10-6
#6 Chun Lam (B) def. Andrea Moro (SC) 6-2, 6-4
 
MEN'S DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 Bravo/Finkelstein (B) def. Varella/Martinez (SC) 6-3
#2 Hernandez/Lam (B) def. Acri/Melo (SC) 6-3
#3 Moro/Varouhas-Poole (SC) vs. Dzhurinskiy/Feldman (B) 4-4, DNF