 Dylan Powell IslandStats.com
Trinity rookie Ross DeRose won in singles and doubles and pull Trinity to within a point at 4-3 in their 2018-19 dual-match opener.
Trailing, 1-0, after the first completed doubles match, the Trinity took the next two doubles points. Trinity senior co-captain Chris Caskin and first-year Powell won, 8-5, at the Second Doubles spot, followed by a hard-fought, 8-6 win by DeRose and junior Boyle at the top of the Doubles ladder 8-6.
Babson responded with three wins in a row to Open Singles play, and took a 4-2 lead in the match, before DeRose defeated Babson sophomore Andre Libnic in an incredibly close contest, 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), at second singles.
Zhang collected the clinching point of the match with his straight-sets victory over Caskin at fifth singles, while Babson rookie Charles Kilborn rallied back from a 6-0 setback in the first set to win, 6-4, in the second and, 6-2, in the third and earn the win at sixth singles in first collegiate dual match.
Powell would fall in his Singles match in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 to Ron Brody.
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