BRONXVILLE, N.Y. - The Sarah Lawrence men's tennis team took on the Golden Eagles of St. Joseph's Long Island on Sunday, falling 6-3 after taking a pair of doubles victories and a win at second singles. 

The doubles pair of Simon Kopecky and Devin Derian earned a victory at first singles, defeating their opponents from SJLI 8-7 after a 10-8 tiebreaker. The pair was joined by Peter Fathi and Aidan Roney who took home a victory in third doubles by a score of 8-6. In the second flight, Nikita Knecht and Chloe Cohen teamed up but were unable to complete the sweep of doubles play, falling 8-4 to the pair from St. Joseph's. 

In singles play, the Golden Eagles took close victories at first, fourth and fifth singles. Simon Kopecky fell 6-4, 4-2 in the first flight before Devin Derian took a third set victory in the second flight. The senior kicked off the day with a 7-6 win before falling 0-6. He then took the tiebreaker 10-4 to secure SLC's lone singles victory. Nikita Knecht fell 6-3, 6-1 before Peter Fathi fell in a heartbreaking 10-8 tiebreaker set in the fourth flight. His doubles partner, the aforementioned Roney, fell 6-3, 7-5. Cohen fell in straight sets to close out singles play as Derian's victory would not be enough to maintain the slight advantage that the Gryphons took in doubles play.

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The Gryphons (1-7, Skyline 0-5) will return to action on Monday night as they host Lehman College at 5:30 p.m. in a rescheduled match from March.