The Colby Echo

Issue date: 9/23/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Courtesy of Brian Brown

The Colby men's tennis team built on its positive opening weekend with an impressive outing from the doubles team of Bryan Brown '09 and Alex Chin '09 this past weekend, Sept. 20-21, at the Middlebury Invitational. They defeated opponents from Skidmore College, Bowdoin College and two teams from Williams College at the tournament held at Middlebury College. After such a display, Head Coach Doanh Wang was very pleased with Brown and Chin. "I am very proud of Bryan and Alex," Wang said. "They are such good teammates and leaders."

On the other half of the Mules squad, the Colby women's team faced a stiff opening test against a strong Wheaton College team this past weekend in Norton, Mass. The Wheaton team was 6-0 entering the match and had only dropped one individual set on the year. They handled Colby soundly, winning the match 9-0 to move to 7-0 on the season.

Even so, the Colby women came out strong and played hard in all of their matches. As captain Nicole Veilleux '09 said, "We came out confident and strong especially in singles and had really great energy. Every one of our players was able to stick with her opponent."

Although losing 9-0 could be disheartening, the team will work hard to improve for the rest of the season. This should prove to be an important focal point this year as the team looks to build on its performance as the season goes along.

Considering three of the matches were close enough to have gone either way, the team can work to improve its results.
The experience the newer players gained from the Wheaton match will carry over for the rest of the year. "The team knows what we have to work on but it was a good place to move from," Veilluex said.

The rest of the men's team continued to show the progress and commitment that Coach Wang has been preaching. "If we take care of business; that is, keeping up with our work ethic, keeping our faith in our abilities, and continue to improve on the little things, then, the results will come," Wang said.

Robbie Yee '12 and Phillip Zunshine '12 continued their promising start to their Colby tennis careers by making it to the consolation finals in their respective brackets. These wins will add to their confidence and point towards future success.

This upcoming weekend, both teams are heading to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) tournament at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. The women's team will look for better results in close matches, while the men's team hopes to continue and improve on its success at the Middlebury tournament.

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