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The No. 2-ranked Emory University men's tennis team saw its
2009-10 season come to an end on Tuesday as it came out on the
short end of a 5-4 decision to No. 5 Amherst in the quarterfinals
of the NCAA Division III Men's Championships in Oberlin,
Ohio. The Eagles wind up the campaign with an overall record
of 16-8 while Amherst upped its overall record to 26-10 en route to
advancing to the semifinal round on Wednesday.
The Eagles bolted to a 3-0 lead following the doubles portion of
the match. The No. 1 team of senior Chris Jordan and
sophomore Chris Goodwin got Emory off on the right foot with an 8-4
win over Austin Chafetz and Robby Sorrell. Senior Chris Redmond and
sophomore Dillon Pottish upped the team's edge to 2-0 after
coming away with an 8-3 triumph over Sean Doerfler and Wes Waterman
at the No. 2 slot. Emory's senior duo of Oliver Lopp
and David Caplan gave the Eagles a sweep after they battled to a
9-8 (7-1) verdict at No. 3 against Mark Kahan and Moritz
Koenig.
The Jeffs answered back in strong fashion in singles, earning wins
in five matches including three of the four that went to three
sets. Doefler accounted for Amherst's first point with
a straight-set win over the Eagles' Oliver Lopp at No. 5,
followed by Chafetz's 7-5, 7-6 (3) decision over Pottish at
the No. 1 position. The setback ended a seven-match win
streak for Pottish. Junior Colin Egan turned the tide back in
Emory's favor with his 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 win over Waterman at the
No. 4 spot giving the Eagles a 4-2 edge in the match.
However, the Jeffs eventually knotted things up on the strength of
Kahan's three-set triumph over Goodwin (6-3, 4-6, 6-0) at No.
2 and Priit Gross' come-from-behind three-set decision (2-6,
7-6 (5), 6-2) over David Caplan at No. 6. The match was
decided at No. 3 singles where junior Moritz Koening squeaked by
freshman Noah Simonson in a three-set slugfest. After
Simonson won the opening set, 7-6 (5), Koening bounced back to
claim 6-4 win in the second set setting the stage for a third-set
showdown. That third set saw Simonson go down by a 3-1 margin
before he was able to rally to tie it at 3-3. Down 6-5,
Simonson battled back to force a tiebreaker where he fell by a 7-4
margin.
