March 5, 2008

PROVIDENCE, RI - The Brown men's tennis team (8-6) dropped a close 4-3 decision to #56 East Tennessee State on Tuesday evening at the Pizzitola Center courts. The Bears claimed the doubles point with a pair of 8-6 win at #2 and #3, but couldn't continue the momentum in singles action, where the Buccaneers were able to win four matches to edge the Bears. Highlighting the match was the win at #2 doubles where juniors Noah Gardner (Cambridge, MA) and Sam Garland (Bradenton, FL) posted their win over the 53rd-ranked doubles team in the country.

#56 East Tennessee State 4, Brown 3
Doubles
#1 Posada/Ahlgren (ETS) def. Lee/Ratnam (B) 8-5
#2 Garland/Gardner (B) def. (#53) Serrano/Olivares (ETS) 8-6
#3 Kohli/Posner (B) def. Picardo/Isaza (ETS) 8-6
Singles
#1 (#69) Enrique Olivares (ETS) def. Chris Lee (B) 6-4, 6-4
#2 Sebastian Serrano (ETS) def. Saurabh Kohli (B) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
#3 Jonathan Pearlman (B) def. Burmazovic (ETS) 6-3, 6-1
#4 Lisandro Picardo (ETS) def. Basu Ratnam (B) 6-4, 6-3
#5 Kendrick Au (B) def. Oscar Posada (ETS) 7-6, 3-6, 1-0 (8)
#6 Daniel Isaza (ETS) def. Sam Garland (B) 7-6, 6-1