Issue date: 2/12/07 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Jacob Melrose Dan Hanegby '07 won all four of his matches for the men's tennis team on Saturday. He won at first singles and first doubles in against Stony Broook and Colgate.

Six matches into its spring season, the men's tennis team not only has yet to be seriously challenged - it's hardly lost any points in each match. On Saturday, the No. 61 Bears recorded another pair of decisive victories, defeating Stony Brook University, 7-0, and Colgate University, 6-1. Thanks to two wins on the day, co-captain Eric Thomas '07 moved into fifth place on Brown's all-time combined wins list.

"We came out a lot better than we did two weeks ago," said Head Coach Jay Harris. "The guys have been working their tails off in practice, and I'm proud of how they fought for every point of every game."

In the first doubles match against Stony Brook, the nation's 25th-ranked doubles team of co-captain Dan Hanegby '07 and Chris Lee '09 trounced Nihal Advani and Quirijn Van Veen 8-1. At second doubles, the No. 15 team of Thomas and Basu Ratnam '09 routed Youssef Fassi-Fehri and Alex Markovich by a score of 8-3. Saurabh Kohli '08 and Zack Pasanen '07 rounded out the doubles domination with an 8-3 win over Ilan Shvartz and Jon Epstein at third doubles.

"We improved in doubles, which was pretty weak two weeks ago," Hanegby said.

The Bears also showed improvement in singles play, taking four of the six singles matches in straight sets. At first singles, Hanegby made quick work of Advani by a score of 6-1, 6-2. Thomas had a similarly easy victory at third singles, overpowering Fassi-Fehri 6-2, 6-2. At fourth singles, Pasanen defeated Shvartz 7-5, 6-3, and Noah Gardner '09 dominated Smith to take a 6-1, 6-0 win at sixth singles.

Kohli got off to a slow start at second singles, dropping the first set 6-3, but he fought back to take the second set, 6-3. Kohli carried that momentum into the third-set super-breaker, which he won 10-3.

"Saurabh Kohli had a great come-from-behind win against Stony Brook," Harris said. "We always like to see that."

Meanwhile, at fifth singles, Joe Scott '08 found himself locked in a three-set battle of his own. After winning the first set 6-1, Scott dropped the second set 6-1, then edged out Markovich 13-11 in the third-set super-breaker.

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