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Men's Tennis
The Trinity men’s team, coached by Paul Assaiante, finished the season with a 13-3 overall record and a 7-1 mark in the NESCAC, qualifying for the league championship tournament for the second straight season. The Bantams earned the top seed in the league tourney, but lost to eventual champion Bowdoin, 6-3, indoors at Middlebury in the NESCAC Semifinals. Trinity qualified for its eight NCAA Division III Championship Tournament in the last 10 years as an at-large selection and advanced to the third round with 5-1 win over Vassar before falling at Middlebury, 5-1, indoors to close the season. The finished ranked No. 4 in the ITA Division III Northeast Regional Poll and is currently No. 12 in the ITA Division III National Poll.
Sophomore Spencer Feldman was selected as the 2008 Intercollegiate
Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast Region Player to Watch and as a
singles player to the both the ITA Division III All-American Team and
the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
All-Conference First Team. Bantam juniors Gautam Samarth and David Yahng
were also each selected to the All-NESCAC First Team as a doubles
tandem, while senior co-captain Brett Ramsay graced the All-NESCAC
Second Team in singles and was named as a Clarence Chaffee Sportsmanship
Award recipient by the conference. Samarth was also chosen for the ESPN
The Magazine Academic All-District First Team and Academic All-American
Third Team. Coach Assaiante was selected as both the ITA Northeast
Region Coach of the Year and the NESCAC Co-Coach of the Year.
