HOUGHTON, N.Y. – The Houghton Highlanders fell to Alfred University on Wednesday afternoon, dropping a 6-1 decision at the Kerr-Pegula Field House. Despite the team result, the match featured several hard-fought individual battles across both doubles and singles play.
Highlander Highlights
The Highlanders found success early in doubles play and secured a gritty victory at the top of the singles lineup.
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Rune Camps was the standout for Houghton, contributing to both of the team's winning matches.
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In #1 Singles, Camps battled through two intense sets to defeat Ricardo Alvarez 7-6, 6-2.
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In #1 Doubles, the duo of Rune Camps and Eben Schilke earned a convincing 6-3 victory over Anlun Zwerver and Ricardo Alvarez
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Jason Murphy pushed his #5 Singles match to a third-set tiebreaker, taking the first set 7-6 before eventually falling 4-6, 4-10 in a marathon effort.
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Eben Schilke and Benjamin Unger both started strong in their respective singles matches, each winning their opening sets 6-3 before their Alfred opponents rallied to take the matches in three sets.
Looking Ahead
The Highlanders will look to bounce back this weekend as they return to Empire 8 conference action. Houghton travels to Nazareth University on Saturday, April 4, for a match scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
