CLAREMONT, Calif. (March 24, 2016) – Senior Matthew Heinrich picked-up a win over a nationally-ranked singles opponent for the No. 25 Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team Thursday, but the Ducks fell in the match to No. 11 Bowdoin College 8-1. 

The loss dropped Stevens to 5-5, while Bowdoin moved to 6-0.

Matched-up at first singles, No. 11 Heinrich grabbed the first set 6-3 over No. 10 Luke Tercek, before taking the second 6-2 to seal the straight-set win. The victory was the sixth of the season for Heinrich at first singles, moving his spring record to 6-1.  

Bowdoin grabbed control of the match early on after a sweep at doubles, including a hard-fought 8-6 win at No. 1 over Heinrich and senior Ben Foran. 

The Polar Bears were able to maintain control once singles started with straight-set wins at sixth, fourth and fifth. Sophomore Danny Polk fought-back after a first-set loss to take the second 6-4, but fell in the third in a tiebreaker 10-8. 

The Ducks will conclude their spring break trip tomorrow with a match against No. 8 Pomona Pitzer at 1 p.m. (EST).

1. Luke Trinka/Luke Tercek (BOW-M) def. Matthew Heinrich/Ben Foran (STEVENS) 8-6
2. Kyle Wolfe/Jerry Jiang (BOW-M) def. Kyle Henry/Danny Polk (STEVENS) 8-2
3. Chase Savage/Gil Roddy (BOW-M) def. Charles Drake/Kyle Cenderelli (STEVENS) 8-3

1. Matthew Heinrich (STEVENS) def. Luke Tercek (BOW-M) 6-3, 6-2
2. Luke Trinka (BOW-M) def. Charles Drake (STEVENS) 6-3, 6-2
3. Kyle Wolfe (BOW-M) def. Danny Polk (STEVENS) 6-1, 4-6, 10-8
4. Jerry Jiang (BOW-M) def. Kyle Henry (STEVENS) 6-0, 6-0
5. Gil Roddy (BOW-M) def. Michael Feldman (STEVENS) 6-3, 6-1
6. Grant Urken (BOW-M) def. Kyle Cenderelli (STEVENS) 6-1, 6-2

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