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Men's Tennis Drops 5-2 Decision to UMBC
February 12, 2012 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 12, 2012
BOSTON - Hosting its first of three straight matches, the Boston University men's tennis team fell to UMBC, 5-2, on Sunday morning at the Track and Tennis Center.
The Retrievers swept through doubles and won four of the six singles contests to improve to 3-1 on the season, while the Terriers dropped to 0-5.
After losing a hard-fought 8-6 decision at No. 1 doubles with senior Michael Kopelman, classmate Josh Friedman defeated Joseph Adewumi, 6-3, 6-3, in the top singles spot for BU's first point.
Sophomore Jesse Frieder also rebounded from a tough defeat in doubles. First, he and freshman Emilio Teran were unable to overcome a break for an 8-6 loss in the No. 2 slot. Frieder though was able to rally in singles after dropping the first set for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 2.
Two other matches went to a third set, but UMBC came out the victor in both contests. Juan Aranzazu won the tiebreaker to defeat Teran at No. 4, 6-4, 0-6, 7-6(2).
Junior Alex Hallenbeck won the first set but eventually fell to Daniel Gray, 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-7.
The Terriers will next host Bryant on Sunday (Feb. 19) at 12 p.m.
UMBC - 5, Boston University - 2
Singles
1) Josh Friedman (BU) def. Joseph Adewumi (UMBC): 6-3, 6-3
2) Jesse Frieder (BU) def. Cristian Hodel (UMBC): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
3) Gaulthier Berret (UMBC) def. Michael Kopelman (BU): 6-4, 6-4
4) Juan Aranzazu (UMBC) def. Emilio Teran (BU): 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (2)
5) Daniel Gray (UMBC) def. Alex Hallenbeck (BU): 6-7 (4), 6-4, 10-7
6) Kamal Patel (UMBC) def. Regis Chang(BU): 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
1) Adewumi/Gray (UMBC) def. Friedman/Kopelman (BU): 8-5
2) Hodel/Aranzazu (UMBC) def. Frieder/Teran (BU): 8-6
3) Berret/Patel (UMBC) def. Hallenbeck / Marcus VanBerkel (BU): 9-7
