All-Time Series & Streaks
The Bison have dropped the last three meetings with the Bears and trail in the all-time series at 3-5.
 
Quick Synopsis
The Nichols College men's tennis team fell 6-3 to the United States Coast Guard Academy Monday afternoon in non-conference action at the Robinson Tennis Courts. The Bison played some tight matches in doubles but still found themselves trailing 2-1 heading into singles before dropping four of the six singles matches.
 
Results
Singles
No. 1 – Sophomore Tom Hackett (Corpus Christi, Texas) def. sophomore Blake Norton (Stratford, Conn.) 6-0, 6-3
No. 2 – Junior John Hu (Plainsboro, N.J.) def. freshman Guilherme Barbosa (Bradenton, Fla.) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 – Junior Mike Melampy (Duxbury, Mass.) def. freshman Brandon Howard (Hamden, Conn.) 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 – Senior James Smith (Monte Sereno, Calif.) def. freshman Adam Bahney (Myerstown, Pa.) 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 – Senior Jake Zapatka (Wethersfield, Conn.) def. sophomore Jack Phillips (Raleigh, N.C.) 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 – Freshman Arthur Wicke (San Marino, Calif.) def. freshman Peter Coletti (Beverly, Mass.) 6-4, 6-1
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Hackett and Phillips def. Norton and Howard, 9-8 (7-1)
No. 2 – Smith and Barbosa def. Melampy and junior Ben Errington (Cypress, Texas) 8-6
No. 3 – Hu and Bahney def. Sophomore Kirill Ivanov (Moscow, Russia) and sophomore Aidan Stuart (Orange, Conn.), 8-5
 
Quotes
"Tough loss against a very good team – overall I thought we played well. Definitely had opportunities to be up 2-1 after doubles, unfortunately we couldn't convert on some big break points. Kudos to Jakes and Smitty for the way they played in singles today and Guilherme and James really played an extraordinary match all-around in doubles. We know what we need to work on and we are looking forward to getting back after it in the spring as we look for our sixth-consecutive conference championship." – Nichols head coach Paul Brower
 
Next up
Nichols (1-2) – Wednesday, April 5th vs Wentworth, TBA
Coast Guard (2-1) – Saturday, February 25th at Assumption, 1:00 p.m.