SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant men's tennis team played a pair of matches on Sunday, falling to the Quinnipiac Bobcats and the Harvard Crimson.

The Bulldogs began the day with a hard-fought battle against Quinnipiac at home. Bryant was forced to make up ground in singles play as Quinnipiac secured the doubles point. The Bulldogs got some much needed singles wins from Miguel Angel Machado, Will Pellegrini, and Manveer Boparai. Despite the success from the top of the lineup, the Bobcats won the remaining three singles matches to secure the 4-3 victory.

First Match
Final: Quinnipiac 4, Bryant 3
Records: Bryant (3-7) | Quinnipiac (3-4)
Location: Fore Court Racquet & Fitness Club, Cumberland, R.I.

Doubles (QU wins 1-0)
Machado/Baquero (BRY) def. Braun Simo/Sciacca (QU) 6-5
Burridge/Hoxha (QU) def. Pellegrini/Peterson (BRY) 7-6
Nyaradi/Prakash (QU) def. Howard/Boparai (BRY) 6-1

Singles (Tie 3-3)
Miguel Angel Machado (BRY) def. Carlos Braun Simo (QU) 6-0, 6-1
Will Pellegrini (BRY) def. Vishal Prakash (QU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Manveer Boparai (BRY) def. Elias Hoxha (QU) 6-3, 6-3
Finn Burridge (QU) def. Daniel Baquero (BRY) 6-3, 3-6, 3-0
Alessandro Sciacca (QU) def. Myles Peterson (BRY) 6-4, 6-2
Carl Sjoholm (QU) def. Forbes Hollingsworth (BRY) 6-1, 6-4

Second Match
Final: Harvard 4, Bryant 0
Records: Bryant (3-8) | Harvard (9-6)
Location: Cambridge, Mass.

Doubles (HARV wins 1-0)
Murali/Kincses (HARV) def. Machado/Baquero (BRY) 6-2
Macdonald/Perera (HARV) vs. Pellegrini/Peterson (BRY) 4-3, unfinished.
Ktiri/Lee (HARV) def. Martinez/Hollingsworth (BRY) 6-2

Singles (HARV wins 3-0)
Miguel Angel Machado (BRY) vs. Nathan Blokhin (HARV) 6-2, 2-4, unfinished.
Masato Perera (HARV) def. Manveer Boparai (BRY) 6-3, 6-0
Myles Peterson (BRY) vs. Mitchell Lee (HARV) 1-6, 5-4, unfinished.
Forbes Hollingsworth (BRY) vs. Marc Ktiri (HARV) 7-6, 1-1, unfinished.
James Macdonald (HARV) def. George Howard (BRY) 6-2, 6-2
Kolos Kincses (HARV) def. Alec Martinez (BRY) 6-3, 6-1

Up Next
The Bulldogs will begin the first of four matches next weekend, starting at Monmouth on Friday (Mar 6) at 1:00 PM in West Long Branch, NJ.