March 2, 2012

HAVERHILL, Mass. - The Boston University men's tennis team battled hard but came up just short against Connecticut, 5-2, on Friday afternoon in Haverhill, Mass. The Huskies won two of the three doubles matches for the first point and then pulled out four singles victories to improve to 3-2 on the season.

After teaming with junior Marcus VanBerkel for an 8-5 win in the No. 3 doubles slot, junior Alex Hallenbeck dropped just five games in singles action during the 6-4, 6-1 victory against Peter Surovic at No. 6 singles.

Both of the top two singles contests went to a third set. BU's sophomore Jesse Frieder came out the victor at No. 2 in a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(3) thriller over Jacob Spreyer, while UConn's Scott Warden rallied from a set down to defeat junior Josh Friedman, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Junior Michael Kopelman tried to send the No. 4 match to a third set but lost the second set tiebreaker, as Dave Adams earned the 6-1, 7-6(5) victory.

Dropping to 0-8, the Terriers will have a week off before taking a Spring Break trip to California. BU will first play at Loyola Marymount on Sunday, May 11.

Connecticut - 5, Boston University - 2

Singles
1) Scott Warden (UConn) def. Josh Friedman (BU): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
2) Jesse Frieder (BU) def. Jacob Spreyer (UConn): 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3)
3) Wei Lin (UConn) def. Emilio Teran (BU): 6-3, 6-1
4) Dave Adams (UConn) def. Michael Kopelman (BU): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
5) Ryan Carr (UConn) def. Regis Chang (BU): 6-3, 6-3
6) Alex Hallenbeck (BU) def. Peter Surovic (UConn): 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
1) Warden/Spreyer (UConn) def. Kopelman/Friedman (BU): 8-5
2) Lin/Carr (UConn) def. Teran/Frieder (BU): 8-4
3) Marcus VanBerkel / Hallenbeck (BU) def. Surovic / Josh Palmer (UConn): 8-5