Men's Tennis Drops Three Over the Weekend

The Poets Men's Tennis team came up short in three physically taxing matches within a twenty-four hour time span on February 15 and 16.

The first match took place February 15 at home versus SCIAC rival University of La Verne. Despite being in a commanding position in singles, the Poets failed to close the door on the Leopards. Individual victories were gained by Ryan Johnson ‘11 and Denis Mianev ‘11 at five and six singles, respectively. The two also teamed up to score a point at number three singles.

SCIAC play resumed the following Saturday morning in Claremont, Calif., versus the nationally ranked Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens. The Poets fell 8-1 with the lone win coming by Johnson at #6 singles.

The Poets returned home to play Baruch College in a late afternoon match. "Perhaps the heavily scheduled weekend was a mistake," admitted Coach Bojalad. "We were pretty banged up going into our last match." Ryan Johnson had to default at five singles and Denis Minaev sat due to injury. The Poets were also unable to close similar to their match the previous day against the Leopards, falling to Baruch 5-4

"Let's just hope we are not starting a trend," said Bojalad as the Poets prepare for their next match on February 22.  They travel to Riverside, Calif., to take on La Sierra University at 2:00pm.