CLINTON, N.Y. -- The NESCAC meeting between Hamilton College and Colby College came down to the final singles match and it was the Continentals who prevailed 4-3 at Hamilton's Tietje Family Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon, April 13.
 

Season Update

• The 34^th-ranked Continentals (14-4, 4-4 NESCAC) won their fourth straight match.
• The Mules (6-7, 1-6) lost their fourth match in a row.

 

How it Happened

• Colby earned the team doubles point, but Hamilton's No. 2 pairing of Anson Anderson '26 and Tarun Korwar '27 were able to pull out a 6-4 victory against Aidan Kwong and Marco Ziets-Segura.
• The Continentals needed a strong performance in singles and they got it, winning four of the six matches and racking up four team points.
• Antonio Chavez '28 clinched the match for Hamilton with his win at No. 6. Chavez trailed Josh Kaplan early in the dramatic first set but rallied to win in a tiebreaker before taking the second set, 6-4.
• Anderson (No. 4), Korwar (No. 3) and Eerik Villem Aadamsoo '28 (No. 5) had a slightly easier time in their singles matches as all three also won in straight sets with no tiebreakers.

 

Notes

• Chavez recorded his eighth singles win -- and probably his biggest -- with the Continentals.
• Anderson and Korwar have had a strong season with this being their 12th win as a pairing, and they improved to 9-5 in dual matches.
• Anderson won his 13th doubles match this season and improved his career doubles record to 47-32. He is 16-8 in singles this season and picked up his 39^th career victory.
• Korwar is 18-4 in singles this season and 36-11 for his career.
• Aadamsoo boosted his singles record to 16-9 overall including 11-4 in dual matches.
• Hamilton's 14 wins are tied for the third-highest total in team history and are the most since 1995-96.
• The Continentals defeated the Mules for the first time since 2019.

 

Next Match

Hamilton hosts Amherst College on Saturday, April 19 at noon. The Continentals will honor their three seniors prior to the match.