the Informer

[caption id="attachment_2576" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Adam Manison"][/caption] Men’s tennis fell to Boston University on the tennis courts this past Saturday, April 24, in their final regular season match. The only thing that stood between the men’s tennis team and a season-closing victory was a single match. Hartford dropped all three doubles matches, which meant that all four singles players would have to dominate to secure a win. Although there were some valiant matches, the Hartford men came up short. Freshman Marco Neves endured a split-set victory over Boston University’s Bill Kring at No. 3 singles. After winning his first set with a 6-4 margin, he was swept in his second set by Kring, 0-6, but Neves came back in an exhausting third set tiebreaker to win the match. Hawks’ freshman Eric Floum withstood a tough loss at second doubles with partner Josh Isaacson, rallying back with a win at No. 4 singles with an 11-9 tiebreaker win over BU. These men exhibited immense mental and physical strength that persevered through losses and victories. Hartford will say goodbye to senior Aaron Kooden, who was unsuccessful in his match against BU, but an invaluable leader and player on the men’s team. Although Saturday’s loss against BU marks the final regular season match, there is always next year, since both Neves and Floum are only freshmen, and are full of potential. Women’s tennis had another chance to redeem themselves after a 0-6 loss against Boston University on Saturday, but were unable to pull out a victory, suffering a sweep by Fairfield University this afternoon.