Ephs Finish Strong Weekend at Dartmouth Shootout
HANOVER, NH - The Ephs finished a strong weekend at the
Dartmouth Shootout today with seven different players earning a top
three spot in their draw. Facing stiff competition, the men
managed an impressive record of 15-5 in singles play and 7-3 in
doubles play.
Sophmore Jeremy Weinberger took the championship in his draw,
cruising to a 6-1, 6-1 straight sets victory. Rick Devlin '09
also won his draw, defeating fellow Eph Karol Furmaga '09 in an all
Williams final. Ari Binder '11 and Bret Thacher '09 finished
second in their draws, and team leaders Nick Lebedoff '10 and Gary
Simonette '08 each placed third, winning their consolation matches
today.
Overall, head coach David Donn was pleased with his teams
performance this weekend, "We competed extremely well this weekend
against some quality opponents and have built up nice momentum for
next weekends ITA Tournament. The team has really begun to
come together as a unit."
The Ephs begin play at the ITA New England Regional Tournament
Friday, September 28.
| Draw | Singles | Score |
| B | Nick Lebedoff | 6-4,6-1(W)(3rd place) |
| C | Gary Simonette | 3-6,6-3,6-4(W)(3rd place) |
| D | Rick Devlin(W) def. Karol Fumaga(W) | 6-3,2-6,6-4(1st/2nd place) |
| E | Jeremy Weinberger | 6-1,6-1(1st place) |
| F | Bret Thacher | 6-3,2-6,2-6(L)(2nd place) |
| G | Ari Binder | 5-7,4-6(L)(2nd place) |
