Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)

MANCHESTER, Mass. - Binghamton won a pair of singles matches and also captured the No. 1 doubles match but 61st-ranked Brown (7-2) prevailed 5-2 Saturday afternoon at the Mancester Athletic Club. 

After the host Bears grabbed the doubles point, four of the singles matches went to a third set, with BU winning two of the extended matches. Junior Eliott Hureau dropped the first set at No. 3 before rallying for a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 win. Hureau won the tiebreak 7-3 to claim victory. Sophomore No. 6 Frenk Kote also posted a three-set win, rolling to a 6-2 final-set score. 

"In terms of attitude, effort and composure today was the most complete match that wehave played," head coach Nick Zieziula said. "I am proud of the way we battled on every court. We needed to do a better job of executing and running our pace when we were up. In order to beat ranked teams like Brown we need to capitalize on the first opportunity and not let them hang around."

Binghamton next plays at Columbia on Feb. 27.

No. 61 Brown 5, Binghamton 2
DOUBLES
1. Hazarika/Dinia (BU) def. To/Yeoh (BR), 6-4
2. Tarwid/Garcia (BR) def. Lesage/Hureau (BU), 6-2 
3. Kravtchenko/Sandberg (BR) def. Caputo/Kote (BU), 6-1

Order of Finish: 3,2,1

SINGLES
1. Justin To (BR) def. Sid Hazarika (BU), 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
2. Greg Garcia (BR) def. Robin Lesage (BU), 7-5, 6-3
3. Eliott Hureau (BU) def. Ivan Kravtchenko (BR), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
4. Brandon Yeoh (BR) def. Ismael Dinia (BU), 6-1, 7-6 (7)
5. Peter Tarwid (BR) def. Thomas Caputo (BU), 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
6. Frenk Kote (BU) def. Aaron Sandberg (BR), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

Order of Finish: 2,4,5,6,1,3