Mar 17, 2010
No. 17 Redlands Men's Tennis Falls to No. 10 Amherst College

The No. 17 University of Redlands men's tennis team fell to No. 10 Amherst College (MA) by a score of 2-7 on Wednesday.
After losing at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, the Maroon and Gray gained its first point of the match with an impressive 8-3 victory by the No. 1 duo of junior Cameron Spearman (Laguna Niguel, CA) and freshman Anish Nanda (Cerritos, CA).
But the Jeffs stormed back with wins at No. 4 and No. 5 singles to take a 4-1 lead over the Bulldogs.
Senior Matt Liebman (Westport, CT) clawed his way back at the No. 3 slot by scores of 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 to give Redlands its second point.
However, Amherst prevailed at the remaining matches with three-setters at No. 1 and No. 6, resulting in the difficult loss for the Maroon and Gray.
The Bulldogs (8-5) compete in their seventh consecutive home match on Friday, taking on Skidmore College (NY) at 2 p.m. on Verdieck Courts.


















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