#9 Ephs down #7 Claremont, 7-2

SAN ANTONIO, TX – Yesterday after his #9 Ephs downed third ranked Washington University Eph rookie head coach Dave Donn advanced the notion that if the Ephs could just get their doubles clicking the way their singles play was clicking they would really have something special – welcome to special. Donn's Ephs downed #7 Claremont this afternoon 7-2 and it started with a sweep of the doubles matches.

"We just did a great job of winning the big points in the doubles matches," noted Donn. "We won points under pressure by playing aggressively instead of passively and I couldn’t be happier with how the team played."

First and third doubles were won by identical 8-6 scores and Gary Simonette and Nick Lebedoff took care of business at number two 8-2, before the Ephs won four of six singles encounters.

"Beating two of three nationally ranked teams in three days is a great way for us to end up our spring break trip," said Donn. "We're one third of the way through our season and we just have to keep after it by working hard on improving every day."

Williams is now 7-1 on the year and completed the spring break trip with a 5-1 mark. With the loss Claremont falls to 14-5 on the year.

The Ephs will next see action on Wednesday when they host Union College in a 4:15 pm match.

#9 Williams 7, #7 Claremont 2

Doubles:
1.    Bret Thacher/Dan Greenberg (W) def. Guillame Schills/Lawrence Wang (C) – 8-6
2.    Gary Simonette/Nick Lebedoff (W) def. Ben Hough/Eric MacColl (C) – 8-2
3.    Karol Furmaga/Rick Devlin (W) def. Mikey Lim/Ronald Wu (C) – 8-6

Singles:
1.    Wang (C) def. Greenberg (W) – 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
2.    Nick Lebedoff (W) def. Lim (C) – 6-3, 6-0
3.    Simonette (W) def. MacColl (C) – 6-2, 7-5
4.    Michael Starr (C) def. Jeremy Weinberger (W) – 6-4, 6-1
5.    Furmaga (W) def. Wu (C) – 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
6.    Devlin (W) def. Andrew Sabater (C) – 6-4, 7-5