April 3, 2004

Waltham, Mass. - Adelphi University's Abhijeet Muzumdar (Bellerose, N.Y.) was one of three double-winners for the Panthers who downed Bentley College 5-4 in men's tennis action Saturday afternoon in Waltham.

In a close match throughout the day, it came down to the third set of the number one singles to decide it. Bentley's Greg Maloomian (Needham/Noble Greenough School) faced off against Muzumdar. The two split the first two sets, but it was Muzumdar who took the third set 6-0 for the match-winner. Muzumdar teamed with Faheem Romi (Dhaka, Bangladesh) for a 9-8 tie break win at number one doubles.

For Bentley, the freshmen tandem of Mike McCrillis (Kennebunkport, Maine/Cheverus HS) and Marc Makowski (Nashua, N.H./Bishop Guertin HS) combined for an 8-1 win at number two doubles, and Makowksi took his number five singles match in straight sets, dropping just one game.

Senior Barrett Alston (Dudley/Shepherd Hill HS) downed Adelphi's Gregory Fujii (Queens, N.Y.) 7-5, 6-1 in number two singles for the Falcons.

Adelphi, currently ranked #7 in the regional rankings, evened its record to 4-4 while Bentley fell to 6-4 overall. The Panthers are back in action Tuesday on the road against Southampton College.

At Waltham, Mass.

ADELPHI 5, BENTLEY 4

DOUBLES: Abhijeet Musumdar/Faheem Romi (A) defeated Greg Maloomian/Barrett Alston (B) 9-8;
Greg Fujii/Manuel Castro (A) defeated Colin Whooten/Andrew Murray(B) 9-7;
Mike McCrillis/Marc Makowski (B) defeated Rahil Sayed/Devin Pflum(A) 8-1.

SINGLES: Muzumdar (A) defeated Maloomian (B) 6-4, 1-6, 6-0;
Alston (B) defeated Fujii (A) 7-5, 6-1;
Romi (A) defeated Whooten (B) 6-1, 6-3;
Castro (A)defeated McCrillis (B) 6-2, 6-2;
Makowski (B) defeated Mike Stansfield (A)6-0, 6-1;
Murray (B) defeated Sayed (A) 6-1, 6-4

Records: BEN (6-4); ADE (5-3)