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Fairfield Edges Men's Tennis, 4-3
March 23, 2013 | Men's Tennis
STAMFORD, Conn. - In a hard-fought battle, Fairfield won two of the three doubles matches for the first point and added three more in singles to defeat the Boston University men's tennis team, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon at Stamford Indoor.
Earning their third straight one-point win over the Terriers (5-3), the Stags improve to 7-3 on the season.
Freshman Stefan Lemire and senior Michael Kopelman started off in doubles with a comfortable 8-3 win at the No. 3 spot. However, Fairfield came back with two 8-6 victories in the top two slots to claim the first point.
Coincidentally in singles, sophomore Chanon Varapongisittikul (#2), freshman Eric Miller (#6) and Lemire (#5) all dropped a total of five games each to win in straight sets and give BU three points.
Playing at No. 3, junior Jesse Frieder rallied from a set down to force a third set but came up just short in a 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 loss. Senior Josh Friedman battled to a second set tiebreaker, but Fairfield came out ahead in the top singles match, 6-3, 7-6(5).
The Stags clinched the team victory against sophomore Emilio Teran in another hard-fought contest, 7-5, 7-5, in the No. 4 position.
BU will next return to the Track & Tennis Center on Tuesday (March 26) to host Holy Cross with action set for 3 p.m.
Fairfield - 4, Boston University - 3
Singles
1) Erik Kremheller (Fairfield) def. Josh Friedman (BU): 6-3, 7-6(5)
2) Chanon Varapongsittikul (BU) def. Dennis Zlobinsky (Fairfield): 6-2, 6-3
3) Ofir Solomon (Fairfield) def. Jesse Frieder (BU): 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
4) George Tioutine (Fairfield) def. Emilio Teran (BU): 7-5, 7-5
5) Stefan Lemire (BU) def. Cam Amyot (Fairfield): 6-4, 6-1
6) Eric Miller (BU) def. R.J. Mirabile (Fairfield): 6-2, 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 5, 1, 3, 4*, 6
Doubles
1) Solomon/Zlobinsky (Fairfield) def. Friedman/Varapongsittikul (BU): 8-6
2) Amyot/Kremheller (Fairfield) def. Frieder/Teran (BU): 8-6
3) Lemire / Michael Kopelman (BU) def. Tioutine/Ziccardi (Fairfield): 8-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2*
