Dumas Has The Wright Stuff At No. 3 Singles Against The College Of New Jersey

EWING, N.J. – Slade Dumas (Great Falls, Va./Dominion) earned a win at No. 3 singles against No. 40 College of New Jersey in non-conference men's tennis action on Sunday.

Dumas lost the first set 6-1, but then recovered to earn a 6-4 win in the second set to force a third set where the senior edged the Lions No. 3 player Thomas Wright 11-9 to earn a singles victory against a nationally-ranked opponent. Dumas, who is now 3-1 on the year, has moved into a tie with Tim Hannigan (1997-01) for fourth place on the program's all-time career singles win list with 59 victories.

Michael Herman (Prague, Czech Republic/Gymnazium Nova Porg)  took his No. 2 singles match to a second-set tiebreaker before falling 6-1, 7-6 (7-5). Coming off his big win against the No. 14 player in the country, Tetsuya Ota (Wesley Chapel, Fla./Saddlebrook Prep) fell 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 singles.

Brian Kane (Philadelphia, Pa./Friends Select) lost at No. 4 singles, 6-3, 6-1, Omosesan Adebamgbe (Philadelphia, Pa./Lower Merion) fell 6-3, 6-4 at No. 5 singles and Frankie Mullinix (Washington, D.C./The George School) dropped his No. 6 singles match, 6-4, 6-1.

Ota and Adebamgbe teamed up for the first time in a dual match after playing together in the fall and battled its No. 2 doubles match to an 8-6 loss. Herman and Mullinix fell 8-4 at No. 1 doubles and No. Dumas and Kane dropped an 8-3 match at No. 3 doubles. 

The College of New Jersey won the match, 8-1

Goucher heads to Florida for four matches, starting on March 15 against St. Lawrence.

Singles
(CNJ) Matthew Michibata defeats (GC) Tetsuya Ota, 6-3, 6-1
(CNJ) Justin Wain defeats (GC) Michael Herman, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
(GC) Slade Dumas defeats (CNJ) Thomas Wright, 1-6, 6-4, 11-9
(CNJ) Nick Matiwsky defeats (GC) Brian Kane, 6-3, 6-1
(CNJ) Akul Telluri defeats (GC) Omosesan Adebamgbe, 6-3, 6-4
(CNJ) Nikola Kilabrarda defeats (GC) Frankie Mullinix, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
(CNJ) Matthew Michibata/Justin Wain defeats (GC) Michael Herman/Frankie Mullinix, 8-4
(CNJ) Thomas Wright/Nikola Kilabarda defeats (GC) Tetsuya Ota/Omosesan Adebamgbe, 8-6
(CNJ) Nick Matiwsky/Akul Telluri defeats (GC) Slade Dumas/Brian Kane, 8-3