March 15, 2010

The Patriots men's tennis team finished their five-game spring break trip with a loss at Barton, 6-3. Mason recorded a 2-3 record on the trip to stand at 4-6 on the season. The Green and Gold newcomers gained experience and found some success in this early season stretch.

In singles action two matches were determined in a tiebreaker set as the Patriots Patrick Mulquin defeated Leondro Peron at No. 3 singles to finish with a 4-1 singles record during the five-match stretch. The Patriots lost the other tiebreaker set as Diego Salinas defeated Mason's Greg Donabedian. Newcomer Kevin McMillen won his No. 2 singles match to improve to 4-1 on the trip playing from the top two positions. Sam Coster lost his singles match at No. 6 but finished the trip with a 3-1 record.

The Patriots travel to Loyola(MD) for their next match on March 17th.

Mason 3
Barton 6
at Barton
March 13, 2010
DOUBLES
1. Grobel/Mendoza def. Osuna/McMillen (Mason),	8-5
2. Jackson/Desilets def. Donabedian/Leonard (Mason), 8-2
3. Coster/Mulquin (Mason) def. Salinas/Stefani, 8-6
SINGLES
1. Cesar Grobel def. Jorg Osuna (Mason), 6-3 7-5
2. McMillen (Mason) def.PA Desilets, 6-0 6-0
3. Mulquin (Mason) def. Leandro Peron, 6-2 4-6 6-2
4. Diego Salinas def. Donabedian (Mason), 7-6 (7-5) 6-2
5. Edwardo Stefani def. Sanghvi (Mason), 6-0 6-4
6. Matt Jackson def. Sam Coster (Mason), 7-6 6-0