SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The 29th-ranked Brandeis University men's tennis team earned a hard-fought victory on the road Friday afternoon, defeating #35 Skidmore College 5-2 at the McCaffery-Wagman Tennis Center.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis: 4-3, ranked #29 in Division III.
• Skidmore: 2-3, ranked #35 in Division III.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Judges set a strong tone by securing the doubles point with victories in two of the three flights. At the top spot, the sophomore-first-year duo of Daniel Shemesh (Modiin, Israel / Ironi Hei School Modiin) and Oliver Lorenz (Albuquerque, N.M. / Rafa Nadal Academy) earned a 6-4 win.
• The doubles point was clinched at the #2 position, where junior Pierce Garbett (Coral Gables, Fla. / Gulliver Prep) and sophomore Aidan Wang-Fan (Richmond Hill, Ont. / Bill Crothers Secondary School) outlasted their opponents 7-5.
• Skidmore earned their lone doubles win at the #3 flight, 6-4.
• In singles play, Brandeis secured the victory by winning four of the six matches, three of which went to three sets.
• Shemesh provided a tight straight-set win at #1 singles, edging out his opponent in a pair of tight tiebreaker sets, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (tiebreaker score unavailable).
• At #2, Garbett bounced back from a set down to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
• First-year Muaz Malik (Dubai, UAE / Laurel Springs School) also prevailed in a three-set battle at the #3 spot, winning 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
• Lorenz capped off the scoring for the Judges with a marathon victory at #6 singles, surviving 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.
• The Thoroughbreds earned their two points at the #4 and #5 singles positions. At #4, Wang-Fan fell in two competitive sets, 7-5, 6-3. 
• Junior Huasen Dong (Richmond Hill, Ont. / Richmond Green Second School) dropped a tough three-set match at #5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

UP NEXT

• The Judges will look return to action in two weeks with a home match against Ithaca College on Friday, March 20.