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FLUSHING, NY – The Hunter College men's tennis team saw its quest for a three-peat CUNYAC/HSS Championship dashed this afternoon as archrival Baruch College handed the Hawks a 5-1 loss at the USTA National Tennis Center on Thursday evening.

 “It was a tough loss for us obviously; we came into this hoping to come out with a victory but unfortunately that wasn't the case. We'll take this experience and learn from it for next year,” said Head Coach Eric Metzger.

The Bearcats jumped ahead 2-1 following doubles play after Damen Ellingson and Irving Salazar fell 8-1 as Christopher Jenkins and Stephan Muller of Baruch earned the win at second doubles. At third doubles, Bearcats Philip Bleustein and Joe Laskowski got past  Arthur Kapetanakis and Robert Frischling-Sosman, 8-4. First doubles was an absolute battle with Yevgeny Perepelov and Luis Quintero defeating Artem Gorbachevskiy and Guy Goren, 8-7 to give the Hawks their first win of the match.

In singles action, Jenkins defeated Ellingson 6-1 and 6-0 at third singles. The Bearcats got another win at sixth singles as Laskowski stormed past Salazar, 6-1 in both sets. The final dagger came at fourth singles when Muller knocked off Kapetanakis, 6-1 and 6-3 to secure the championship victory for Baruch.

Hunter ends its season with a 9-7 mark overall while Baruch improves to 15-2 and receives the CUNYAC's automatic qualifier bid to the NCAA Tournament.