Manchester, N.H. (March 30) -- The Saint Anselm men's tennis team played its closest match of the season, but the Hawks fell 5-4 to American International on Sunday afternoon in the Carr Center on the campus of Saint Anselm College. With the loss, the Hawks drop to 0-6, 0-5 Northeast-10. The win improves the Yellow Jackets to 1-3, 1-2 in conference play.

Saint Anselm picked up victories at No. 2 doubles from Chris Tremblay (Haverhill, Mass.) and Thomas Pickin (Newport, R.I.) and at No. 3 doubles from Corey Boudreau (Swanton, Vt.) and Chris Darnowski (Barrington, R.I.) to take a 2-1 lead after doubles play. American International bounced back in the singles matches though to take the slim 5-4 victory. Darnowski picked up the win at No. 4 singles and Pickin got the win at No. 5 doubles for the Hawks.

The Hawks are back on the court on Wednesday, traveling to Southern New Hampshire for a 4 p.m. match.

FINAL RESULTS

Doubles
No. 1: Peter Almlof/Robert Lubold (AIC) def. Ryan Garrette/John Oberlander (SAC): 9-7
No. 2: Chris Tremblay/Thomas Pickin (SAC) def. Max Collins/Sven Pfeffercorn (AIC): 9-7
No. 3: Corey Boudreau/Chris Darnowski (SAC) def. Leo Santos/Alex Dos Santos (AIC): 9-8 (7-1)

Singles
No. 1: Almlof (AIC) def. Garrette (SAC): 6-1, 7-6
No. 2: Collins (AIC) def. Oberlander (SAC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 3: Lubold (AIC) def. Tremblay (SAC): 6-1, 6-3
No. 4: Darnowski (SAC) def. Pfeffercorn (AIC): 6-0, 6-4
No. 5: Pickin (SAC) def. Robert Dulfan (AIC): 6-2, 6-4
No. 6: Dos Santos (AIC) def. Boudreau (SAC): 6-3, 6-0