The Oswego State men's tennis team suffered its first loss of the 2015-16 campaign with a 5-4 loss at Houghton College on Tuesday afternoon in Kerr-Pegula Field House. With the loss, the Lakers drop to 5-1 while the Highlanders improve to 2-3.
Three of Oswego's four match wins came from Sam McGrath and Alex McCarthy. The duo paired for the only Laker win in doubles competition, defeating their counterparts 8-2 in the first slot.
In singles competition, McGrath claimed the number-one spot with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Chase Rangel of Houghton. Following in his teammate's footsteps, McCarthy captured a win at second singles, but had to come from behind to do so. McCarthy dropped the first set 2-6 before bouncing back 6-3, 6-1 to complete the comeback.
Oswego's final triumph came in the sixth-singles position, as Nick Retzkin downed the Highlander's Daniel Hammers 6-2, 3-6, 6-0.
Many of the Lakers' defeats were very close, as both second and third doubles earned five or more points and freshman Brian Manciocchi forced a third set at fifth singles before succumbing 6-0, 2-6, 6-4.
Oswego will look to jump back into the win column at 4 p.m. on Saturday when it hosts Elmira College. The Lakers defeated the Soaring Eagles during the first semester, collecting a 7-2 win on Sept. 23
