Box ScoreAll-Time Series & Streaks
The Bison fall to 1-4 in the all-time series under head coach Paul Brower with the only win coming back in the 2011-12 season (3/10, 5-4 at Babson)

Quick Synopsis
The Nichols College men's tennis team fell to Babson College, 5-4, in non-conference action Tuesday evening at Oak Street Park in Orlando, Florida. The Beavers led 3-0 after doubles before the Bison nearly stormed back in singles but fell just short.

Three Stars of the Match
1 – Senior Isaac Thylen (Surfside, Fla.) (Babson) – wins at No. 2 doubles and No. 1 singles
2 – Freshman Brandon Rosenbluth (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) (Babson) – wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles
3 – Senior Josh Halpern (Secaucus, N.J.) (Nichols) – earned his fourth straight singles win on the year at No. 3 singles

Results
Singles
No. 1 – Thylen def. freshman Blake Norton (Nichols), 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 – Rosenbluth def. junior James Smith (Monte Sereno, Calif.) 7-5, 6-3
No. 3 – Halpern def. sophomore Dylan Levy (Miami, Fla.) 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 – Junior Jake Zapatka (Wethersfield, Conn.) def. sophomore Connor Chin (Lexington, Mass.) 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 – Freshman Igor Markowski (Paris, France) def. junior Dom Wysolmerski (Rutland, Vt.) 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 – Freshman Kirill Ivanov (Moscow, Russia) def. freshman Ho Wang Alastair (Hong Kong) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)

Doubles
No. 1 –Rosenbluth and senior Victor Vu (Los Angeles, Calif.) def. Smith and Markowski, 8-1
No. 2 – Thylen and senior Saif Rahim (Hong Kong) def. Norton and Ivanov, 8-2
No. 3 – Wysolmerski and sophomore Ben Roque (Coral Gables, Fla.) def. Halpern and Zapatka, 8-2

Next up
Nichols (5-3) – Wednesday, March 16 vs Hamilton in Orlando, Fla., TBA
Babson (3-4) – Wednesday, March 30 vs Brandeis, 3:00 p.m.