CAMBRIDGE, MA (April 6, 2018) -- The Vassar College men's tennis squad started its two-day trip to Eastern Massachusetts on Friday afternoon, dropping an 8-1 final to No. 26 Massachusetts Institute of Technology in action from the J.B. Carr Tennis Bubble. 

MIT took all three doubles matches, going up 1-0 with a 8-1 win at the No. 2 position by Michael Zhao and Albert Go over Vassar's duo of Dom Demeterfi and Robin Drummond. The closest doubles bout came at the top spot in the flight, as sophomore Jeremy Auh and junior Nick Zuczek pushed Tyler Barr and Alex Cauneac of MIT before dropping an 8-4 score line. 

The host Engineers (3-3) clinched the third doubles match as well, taking a 3-0 lead into singles action. Cauneac was able to push the Engineers to within one of clinching the match at No. 2 singles with a 6-1, 6-1 win over MIT, and Barr earned the team win for MIT with a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles over VC freshman David Gandham. 

Vassar's match victory came at No. 5 singles, as Demeterfi earned a break in the opening set to top Charles Deng 6-4 in the first. Demeterfi kept the momentum going in the second, cruising to a 6-2 victory to earn his third win of the year at the No. 5 position. 

The Brewers will stay in Beantown overnight before battling another ranked team in No. 15 Tufts University in Medford, MA in more non-conference play Saturday at 10 a.m. at Voute Tennis Courts.