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Mark Egan along with partner Kevin Durand helped give MIT an advantage in doubles action against Bowdoin
 
Mark Egan along with partner Kevin Durand helped give MIT an advantage in doubles action against Bowdoin
  
 
MIT Falls to Bowdoin and Bates

Engineers Fall to 2-3 on the Year

March 14, 2005

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT men's tennis team had a busy weekend, as it hosted Bowdoin College on Saturday and then traveled to Bates College the next day. The Engineers dropped a tough 4-3 match to Bowdoin before falling to Bates, 7-0.

Evan Tindell and Kevin Durand were double-winners for Tech on Saturday. Tindell, paired with Tom Dohlman, posted an 8-2 win in the No. 1 doubles position. Eric Beren and Krishna Pokala fell by the same score in the next spot. Durand and Mark Egan edged out Pat Keneally and Andrew Fried with an 8-6 decision. Tindell carried his winning ways over into singles play by winning 6-3, 6-4, in the top spot. Durand emerged with a thrilling 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) tie-breaker victory in the No. 6 slot.

MIT's match against Bates was much closer than the score reveals, as three matches went to tie-breakers. Tindell and Dohlman fell 9-8 (5) at No. 1 doubles. The teams of Beren/Pokala and Egan/Durand were both defeated by a score of 8-3. In singles action, Tindell took the first set, 6-4, before losing the next two, 7-5, 6-1. Beren was defeated in the No. 3 spot, 7-6 (5), 7-5, while Eric Makhni lost, 6-4, 7-6. Durand posted his second dramatic outing of the weekend, needing a tie-breaker and super tie-breaker to decide his match. In the end, he was defeated 7-6 (0), 2-6, 7-6 (10-3).