March 29, 2008

BOISE, ID - The Brown men's tennis team (9-12), ranked 73rd in the country, dropped a 5-2 decision to #43 Denver (13-3) in a neutral-site match played at Boise State's Boas Indoor Tennis Center. The Bears earned the doubles point with wins at #2 and #3, but couldn't carry that momentum into singles action, as the Pioneers won five of the six singles matches to earn the 5-2 victory. Freshman Jonathan Pearlman (New York, NY) earned the lone singles win for Brown, posting a 6-3, 7-5 victory at #2.

#43 Denver 5, #73 Brown 2
Doubles
#1 Holmstrom/Persson (D) def. Kohli/Ratnam (B) 9-8
#2 Garland/Gardner (B) def. Landwerlen/Simson (D) 9-8 (5)
#3 Posner/Lee (B) def. Althaus/Rosen (D) 8-3
Singles
#1 Adam Holmstrom (D) def. Saurabh Kohli (B) 6-2, 6-1
#2 Jonathan Pearlman (B) def. Nik Persson (D) 6-3, 7-5
#3 David Simson (D) def. Basu Ratnam (B) 2-6, 7-6, 11-9
#4 Benny Althaus (D) def. Chris Lee (B) 6-4, 6-4
#5 Andrew Landwerlen (D) def. Noah Gardner (B) 6-4, 6-4
#6 Kalle Rosen (D) def. Kendrick Au (B) 6-3, 7-6 (5)