Men’s Tennis Defeats Boston College, 5-2

Tuesday, February 19

Providence, RI

5:00 PM

Brown University

Boston College

Photo by: Hugh O’Connor

2/19/2019 9:32:00 PM | Men's Tennis

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Brown men's tennis team defeated Boston College, 5-2, on Tuesday night at the Pizzitola Sports Center. After falling in the doubles round, the Bears responded by taking five of the six matches in the singles round for the victory.

"Coming off of a very tough weekend the guys showed that they were ready to continue fighting," said head coach Tim Gray. "This was a very solid win against a talented and feisty Boston College squad."

Sophomore Ching Lam (Sai Kung, Hong Kong) and junior Jacob Walker (Bethesda, Md.) got the match started with a 6-3 win in second doubles but the Eagles would win the round by collecting wins in first (6-3) and third (7-5) doubles.

Lam evened the match when he won his second singles match, 6-0, 6-4. Boston College next regained its lead by winning first singles but Brown would go on to win out the round to claim the match win. Freshman Roger Chou (Austin, Texas) posted a 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 win in fourth singles and was followed by Walker (7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5) and senior Charles Tan (Austin, Texas) (7-6 (6), 6-4) in third and fifth singles, respectively. Freshman Robert Siniakowicz (West Windsor, N.J.) wrapped up the match with a 6-4, 6-2 performance in the sixth spot.

The Bears next host Fordham at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 1:00 p.m.

Results
Doubles
1. Austin/S. Millins (BC) def. Chou/Tan, 6-3
2. Lam/Walker (B) def. Palmer/Grasel, 6-3
3. C. Mullins/Nordby (BC) def. Litsky/Collier, 7-5

Singles
1. Derek Austin (BC) def. Peter Litsky, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
2. Ching Lam (B) def. Chris Grasel, 6-0, 6-4
3. Jacob Walker (B) def. Markus Nordby, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5
4. Roger Chou (B) def. Max Mendelsohn, 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
5. Charles Tan (B) def. Conor Mullins, 7-6 (6), 6-4
6. Robert Siniakowicz (B) def. Wills Tutecky, 6-4, 6-2