CLINTON, N.Y. – The Hamilton College Continentals defeated a top 10 NESCAC opponent for the second straight weekend with a 4-3 decision against the Amherst College Mammoths inside Hamilton's Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Saturday afternoon, April 19.
Season Update
- The 23rd-ranked Continentals (15-4, 5-4 NESCAC) ran their win streak to five matches with what was believed to be their first victory against Amherst.
- The seventh-ranked Mammoths (13-5, 7-2) had won their previous three matches.
How it Happened
- Hamilton got off to a great start by taking the team doubles point. The No. 2 pairing of Anson Anderson '26 and Tarun Korwar '27 defeated Rex Harrison and Spencer Leung, and the No. 3 pairing of Eerik Villem Aadamsoo '28 and Lleyton Mendieta '28 found victory against Sujit Chepuri and Albert Hu.
- The Continentals and Amherst split the six singles matches.
- Anderson's win at No. 4 singles might have been the difference in the match as he outlasted Harrison in a third set that went to a tiebreaker where Anderson edged Harrison 7-5.
- Korwar and Aadamsoo had an easier time of it in their triumphs at Nos. 2 and 5 singles. Korwar's win came against the 16th-ranked player in the Northeast Region.
Notes
- Aadamsoo and Mendieta set a team record with their 18th win as a doubles pairing this season. They are 13-4 in dual matches.
- Anderson and Korwar secured their 13th doubles win of the season and their fourth in a row. Anderson has a 48-32 career doubles record.
- Anderson won his sixth consecutive singles match and the 40th of his career.
- Korwar registered his 11th straight singles win and is 13-2 in dual matches. He has a career record of 37-11.
- This was Aadamsoo's fourth consecutive singles win, getting him to 17-9 this season.
Next Match
Hamilton wraps up the regular season with another conference match at Connecticut College on Saturday, April 26 at 2 p.m.
