RICHMOND, Va. - High-ranking Richmond (10-2) grabbed the doubles point and then won four of the six singles matches to defeat visiting Binghamton (4-8) 5-2 Sunday afternoon at the outdoor tennis complex.

Posting singles wins for the Bearcats were freshman No. 3 Kushaan Nath and sophomore No. 4. Valentin Bouchet. 

"Miles Davis said 'It's not the note you play that's the wrong note ... it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.' That quote sums up where we are right now as a team," head coach Nick Zieziula said. "Our results were disappointing this weekend but at times we did some really good stuff. If we can learn and implement those lessons for the start of MAC season we will be in great shape. We started slow today against a top 75 team and we paid for it. But starting in the second sets we showed great grit and determination and almost brought it back."

The Bearcats host Buffalo to start MAC play on Friday, March 17 at the Binghamton Tennis Center. 

Richmond 5, Binghamton 2
DOUBLES
1) Dunbar/Felisa (UR) def. Caputo/Nath, 6-1
2) Troy/Quenard (UR) def. Lourenco/Shah, 6-1
3) Aronson/Karlawish (UR) vs. Cestarollo/Kote, 4-3 DNF
Order of Finish: 2,1

SINGLES
1) Jacob Dunbar (UR) def. Ludovico Cestarollo (BU), 6-1, 6-1
2) Caleb Troy (UR) def. Tiago Lourenco (BU), 6-1, 6-3
3) Kushaan Nath (BU) def. Alexandre Felisa (UR), 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
4) Valentin Bouchet (BU) def. Canyon Teague (UR), 6-1, 6-3
5) John Karlawish (UR) def. Thomas Caputo (BU), 6-1, 6-4
6) James Aronson (UR) def. Sebastian Quiros (BU), 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Order of Finish: 1,2,4,6,5,3