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The United States Coast Guard Academy tennis team was defeated, 1-6, by New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) foes Emerson College on Sunday. The Bears’ lone point on the day was won by junior Noah Reice<\/a> (Wilmington, Del.) in his season debut at #6 singles.<\/p>\n Coast Guard drops to 0-3 on the season and opens the conference slate at 0-1, while Emerson improves to 7-6 overall and 2-1 in league play. The Lions will face another NEWMAC challenge in the form of Babson College 8-3 (1-0) for their next one on Friday, April 3rd.<\/p>\n Emerson claimed the doubles point by winning all three of the opening matches. Coast Guard’s #1 pair of junior Ben Bonetto<\/a> (Bend, Oreg.) and senior Brendan Love<\/a> (Winchester, Va.) put up the best effort with a 4-6 loss to Filippo Nochi and Connor Leung. Reice and senior Benjamin Carlander<\/a> (Monument, Colo.) were defeated, 3-6, on #3 by Adam Alireza and Caiden Riebold.<\/p>\n Three singles matches took three sets to be decided, but none were in the Bears’ favor. At #1, Bonetto took the first set with a 7-4 tiebreaker before the Lion powered back for 6-4 and 6-3 wins to claim the point. It was the same start for sophomore #2 Anthony Gregorie (Hagatna, Guam), but Leung wo the next two sets with scores of 6-1. Love stared with a 6-0 first set victory before Alireza picked up the point with 6-1 and 6-2 set scores.<\/p>\n Ultimately, it was Reice ?claiming Coast Guard’s only point of the day. The junior made his 2026 debut on the court following his All-American performance at NCAA DIII swimming nationals and notched a 2-0 win against Cameron McAllister, taking the fist set at 6-1 before winning the match on a 7-3 tiebreaker in set two.<\/p>\n Bears tennis will look for their first win of the season next Saturday, April 4th, in further NEWMAC action at home against Salve Regina University (0-9, 0-2). Coast Guard won last year’s meeting by a 6-1 margin.
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