Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 ORLANDO, FLA. (March 20, 2019) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team dropped two matches on Wednesday by the slimmest of margins. The Ducks were in both matches but couldn't find a way to secure the win as they fell to Grinnell College and Goucher College 5-4. "Today was a grueling day for our guys. We lost two hard-fought 5-4 matches with both coming down to the wire," stated Head Coach Steve Gachko. "Although we lost both matches, we gained some valuable match experience that should pay off as the season progresses."

Grinnell College Match

In their first match of the day Stevens faced a very talented Grinnell College squad which boasted an overall record of 10-3. The Pioneers built an early 2-0 lead after taking the No. 2 and 3 double flights. The freshmen duo of Garrett Kincaid and Mark Pabalan were very close to taking the third doubles flight but were narrowly defeated 8-7 (7-5). Freshman Marc Feliu Gomez and sophomore Bryan Szayna gritted out an 8-7 (7-4) in the No. 1 doubles flight to get the first team point on the board for the Ducks.
Down 2-1 going into the single flights Stevens knew how important each singles flight was and needed to win four out of the six contested bouts to secure the win. Grinnell College extended their lead to 3-1 by winning the sixth singles flight in straight-sets but Szayna answered with a straight-sets victory of his own to bring the Ducks to with in one. Pabalan loss a three-set battle to his Grinnell counterpart in the No. 5 singles flight 6-3,1-6, 6-0 which brought the team score to 4-2 in favor of the Pioneers. Gomez and sophomore Mark Kanevsky evened the score at 4 a piece without dropping a set and taking their respective single flights in convincing fashion. With the game on the line, Krishan took on Ben Cobin of Grinnell looking to secure the 5^th team point for the Ducks. Unfortunately, the Edison, N.J native dropped a three-set thriller to Cobin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 and the Pioneers secured their 11^th victory of the year, Stevens dropped to 1-5.

Goucher College Match

Due to inclement weather on Tuesday evening, Stevens match with Goucher College was moved to Wednesday to be completed. The Ducks jumped out to a great start thanks to Gomez and Szayna winning the first doubles flight 8-2. Kanevsky and Krishnan followed suit with a solid win in the No. 2 doubles flight 8-5 but Goucher was able to take the third doubles flight to make the score 2-1 going into singles.
Marc Feliu Gomez and Mark Kanevsky were able to get two more points on the board for the Ducks thanks to straight-set victories in their respective single flights. Stevens couldn't muster the match clinching point as the Gophers won the other four single flights to win the match. With the win Goucher College improves to 6-3 on the year and Stevens sits at 1-6.
Up Next: The men's tennis team will have one more match in the sunshine state on Thursday, March 21 against Luther College.
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