SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Despite a pair of impressive wins from freshmen Dana Parziale (Pinehurst, N.C) and Nolan Gelman (Dix Hills, N.Y.), the Bryant University men's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to Connecticut on Tuesday in Puerto Rico.

Parizale turned in the most exciting win of the day at No. 4 singles, taking the first set 6-4 and then dropping the second, 2-6, to set up a gritty 10-7 third set victory over UConn's Dave Adams to claim the point. Teammate Gelman also came up big in fifth singles as the rookie defeated Huskie freshman Ryan Carr 7-5, 6-3.

The Bulldogs received a couple of close matches at first and second singles as No. 1 Juan Paredes (Quito, Ecuador) and No. 2 Cristian Balestrieri (Mar Del Plata, Argentina) were both edged out by means of a third set tiebreaker. Paredes fell to UConn's Andrew Marcus 2-6, 6-4, 8-10 while Balestrieri dropped a heartbreaker to Scot Warden 4-6, 6-1, 8-10.

Connecticut 5, Bryant University 2

Singles competition

1. Andrew Marcus (UCONN) def. Juan Paredes (BRYM) 6-2, 4-6, 10-8
2. Scott Warden (UCONN) def. Cristian Balestrieri (BRYM) 6-4, 1-6, 10-8
3. Jai Yoon (UCONN) def. Peter Hart Callahan (BRYM) 7-5, 7-6 (0-6)
4. Dana Parziale (BRYM) def. Dave Adams (UCONN) 6-4, 2-6, 10-7
5. Nolan Gelman (BRYM) def. Ryan Carr (UCONN) 6-4, 2-6, 10-7
6. Wei Lin (UCONN) def. Vidith Huot (BRYM) 6-1, 6-2 

Doubles competition
1. Andrew Marcus/Scott Warden (UCONN) def. Peter Hart Callahan/Nolan Gelman (BRYM) 8-3
2. Jai Yoon/Dave Adams (UCONN) def. Cristian Balestrieri/Juan Paredes (BRYM) 9-8 (3-0)
3. Wei Lin/Ricardo Cardona (UCONN) def. Connor Crowley/Nicholai Hill (BRYM) 9-7