Courtesy Middlebury Athletic Communications

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - Amherst advanced to the semifinals of the 2008 NESCAC Men's Tennis Championship after a 5-4 marathon win over Williams in a match played at Middlebury. The Jeffs will take on the host school in a semifinal contest on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. The win for Amherst was its first over Williams since the spring of 1994.

Amherst led 2-1 after doubles play, increasing their lead to 3-1 before the Ephs tied the match at 3-3. The Jeffs took a 4-3 lead with a win by Jeff Wan at #3 singles, while Williams tied the match as Nick Lebedoff won his match at #2 singles over Michael Mintz, 6-4, 6-4.

The sixth and deciding singles match was moved inside due to darkness as Sean Doerfler of Amherst battled Karol Furmaga of Williams in the #5 singles slot. The lengthy match ended as Doerfler was able to pick up a 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (1) victory.

No. 6 Amherst 5, vs. No. 3 Williams 4

Doubles
1 - Zach Lerner/Dan Kim (Amherst) def. Dan Greenberg/Bret Thatcher (Williams) – 8-4
2 - Gary Simonette/Nick Lebedoff (Williams) def. Moritz Koenig/Geoff Schwartz (Amherst) – 8-5
3 - Tal Avrahami/Michael Mintz (Amherst) def. Jeremy Weinberger/Rick Devlin (Williams) – 9-7

Singles
1 - Zach Lerner (Amherst) def. Daniel Greenberg (Williams) – 6-3, 6-0
2 - Nick Lebedoff (Williams) def. Michael Mintz (Amherst) – 6-4, 6-4
3 - Jeff Wan (Amherst) def. Gary Simonette (Williams) – 7-5, 6-3
4 - Jeremy Weinberger (Williams) def. Dan Kim (Amherst) – 6-1, 6-1
5 - Sean Doerfler (Amherst) def. Karol Furmaga (Williams) – 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (1)
6 - Rick Devlin (Williams) def. Geoff Schwartz (Amherst) – 6-3, 6-0