ORLANDO, FL (March 12, 2009) – Playing its second nationally-ranked team in three days, the Vassar men's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision against No. 29 ranked The College of New Jersey on Thursday afternoon. The Brewers, now 6-3 on the season, will conclude their Florida matches on Friday, March 13 against Haverford College.

“We ran into a very good TCNJ team today,” said head coach Ki Kroll. “We need to learn from this match and move forward. Our goal is to end our trip on a positive note by playing well on Friday against Haverford.”

TCNJ 8, Vassar 1

Doubles
1. Jeremy Eckardt/Stewart Fernandez (TCNJ) def. Mike Mattelson/Greg Katz (VC) 8-3
2. Jon Yu/Steven Fernandez (TCNJ) def. Max Willner/Pete Ludlow (VC), 8-6
3. Dan Lee/Bill Carrig (TCNJ) def. Jeremy Rosen/Joshua Jasso (VC), 8-5

Singles
1. Eckardt (TCNJ) def. Mattelson (VC) 7-6(2) 6-4
2. Max Willner (VC) def. Stewart Fernandez (TCNJ), 6-2, 6-3
3. Jon Yu (TCNJ) def. Katz (VC), 6-1, 6-3
4. Steven Fernandez (TCNJ) def. Shane Donahue (VC), 6-1, 6-4
5. Edgar Shanoyan (TCNJ) def. Jeremy Rosen(VC), 6-4, 7-6(7)
6. Dan Lee (TCNJ) def. Joshua Jasso (VC), 6-4, 6-7(5), (11-9)