Hartford, Conn.- Junior co-captain Mark Fitzgerald (Bedford, N.H.) won his singles and teamed with freshman Jon Bram (Winchester, Mass.) for a doubles triumph, leading the visiting Tufts University Jumbos to a 5-2 win over the Trinity College Bantams in men's tennis action this weekend. Trinity, ranked No. 4 in the East region and No. 15 in the nation, drops to 9-1 with its first loss of the season and the first in the career of first-year Head Coach Rob Hallagan. Tufts, ranked No. 8 in the Northeast, improves to 7-1 for the spring. Trinity sophomore Richard Lawrence (Toronto, Ontario) and senior tri-captain Muammar Khan (Dhaka, Bangladesh) each won singles matches, playing at No. 1 and No. 4, respectively.

MATCH RESULTS

Singles
1. TC- Richard Lawrence d. David Ruttenberg 6-2, 6-3
2. TU- Rifat Perhya d. Scott Levy 6-1, 6-2
3. TU- John Bram d. Csaba Godry
4. TC- Muammar Khan d. Dan Lang 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
5. TU- Mark Fitzgerald d. Peter Green 6-7, 6-0, 6-0
6. TU- Adam Yates d. Cliff Stevens 7-5, 6-3
Doubles
1. TU- Ruttenberg/Perhya d. Khan/Lawrence 8-4
2. TU- Bram/Fitzgerald d. Levy/Green 8-5
3. TU- Lang/Yates d. Stevens/Shaylor Steele 8-6

Tufts 5 Trinity (Conn.) 2