This has been a newsworthy month for Vassar men’s tennis but I decided to spare my audience from an aggrandizing blog about sweeping our rival Skidmore or about earning the program’s first ITA national ranking. I could have framed an entry with a revenge theme during Spring break as we knocked off Coe 8-1 and captured a program-first win against TCNJ 5-4. We’re 9-0 on the year and coming off a 3-0 Spring break trip so the undefeated frame was appealing but I’m tired of hearing about undefeated teams considering themselves the underdog and taking it one game, match, or week at a time.
Since I will not use any of the aforementioned frames, I’ll give the highlights of the break in a slightly different way.
The Magic Number is TWO:
After losing to Coe 5-4 in the previous TWO meetings, Vassar won 8-1.
Rochester’s Brian Bowman defeated Mike Mattelson in their TWO meetings Mike’s sophomore year, but Mike grinded out a three-set win to complete the sweep for the Brewers.
TWO tennis matches were canceled because of rain so the team went to TWO movies. I dashed out of The Crazies so I ended up seeing three movies, none worth mentioning.
I visited my friend’s farm on Long Island and assisted in the slaughter of TWO veal calves.
I shadowed at the NFL Player Development office in Manhattan for TWO days. Even though I was disappointed that there was no office linebacker, I met some amazing people and had a heck of a time.
Spring Break Most Likely Awards:
Greg - Most likely to dive head first into a hedge after being booted off of the show “Cash Cab.”
Josh - Most likely to bowl his second ball just before the pins are reset.
Ben - Most likely to fall into an alligator enclosure.
Max - Most likely to dig up tapes for a tabloid or drive a yellow car.
Andrew - Most likely to swallow a bottle of seltzer water.
Mike - Most likely to play high stakes mini golf.
Jeremy - Least likely to ever play tennis on an indoor court again.
Shane - Most likely to start a DIII tennis blog.
