The Hamilton College Continentals dropped a non-conference match against the Oberlin College Yeomen by a 6-3 score at the USTA National Tennis Center in Lake Nona, Fla., on Monday.
Hamilton (0-5 overall) will be back on the courts on Thursday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m. when they take on Grinnell College at the USTA National Tennis Center. Oberlin (5-6) is 38th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association national team rankings.
Tim Derby '21 was victorious in both singles and doubles play. Derby was a winner at fourth flight singles for the second match in a row as he outlasted Manickam Manickam by scores of 2-6, 6-2 and 10-8. Derby and Max Zimmerman '21 posted their second win as a doubles pair during the Florida trip. The duo edged Manickas and Michael Drougas 9-8 (5) at second flight doubles.
Eyad Nagori '18 is 2-for-2 in singles play in 2017-18 after he defeated Cam Cohen in three sets (6-3, 1-6, 10-8) at fifth flight. Nagori has 19 singles victories in his career with the Continentals.
RESULTS
No. 38 Oberlin 6, Hamilton 3
USTA National Tennis Center
Lake Nona, Fla.
SINGLES
1. Michael Drougas (O) d. Sam Farber 6-2, 6-1.
2. Stephen Gruppuso (O) d. Rob Dotterer 6-0, 6-3.
3. Zachary Vaughn (O) d. Max Zimmerman 6-3, 6-0.
4. Tim Derby (H) d. Manickam Manickam 2-6, 6-2, 10-8.
5. Eyad Nagori (H) d. Cam Cohen 6-3, 1-6, 10-8.
6. Robert Gittings (O) d. Jafar Sharipov 4-6, 6-0, 10-7.
DOUBLES
1. Gruppuso/Cohen (O) d. Farber/Dotterer 9-8 (5).
2. Zimmerman/Derby (H) d. Drougas/Manickam 9-8 (5).
3. Levi Kimmel/Gittings (O) d. Matt May/Eamon Gibbons 8-1.
Records: Hamilton 0-5 overall; Oberlin 5-6.
