PORTLAND, Maine – The University of Southern Maine men's tennis team came up short in a Little East Conference match falling to the UMass Boston Beacons 5-4 on Wednesday in Portland. Seniors Zach Desmarais (St. Cyrille, Quebec) and Azam Jiwa (Calgary, Alberta) recorded an 8-1 win at No. 2 doubles and Desmarais also came from behind to win his match at No. 3 singles 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.
 
Junior Landon Weaver (Bowdoinham, Maine/Mt. Ararat) and sophomore Kayde Kinaschuk (Calgary, Alberta) also picked up singles wins. Weaver cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 3 slot while Kinaschuk grinded out a marathon win at No. 6 singles to close out the match. Two of his sets went to the tie break but Kinaschuk prevailed 7-6 (7-2), 1-6, 76 (7-3).
 
The Huskies celebrated Senior Day prior to the game and honored Desmarais, Jiwa, Jaden Parker (Portland, Maine), Zac Howe (Arundel, Maine/Thornton Academy) and Jacob Kindestin (Barre,Vt./ Champlain Valley Union).
 
The Records:
Southern Maine: 3-6 (2-3 LEC)
UMass Boston: 6-5 (4-1 LEC)
 
Doubles Results:
1. Dominik Dwyer / Victor Xu (UMB) def. Jaden Parker / Zac Howe (USM), 8-7 (10-8)
2. Azam Jiwa / Zach Desmarais (USM) def. Maxwell Dill / Shrenith Saravana Rakshana (UMB), 8-1
3. James Tiger Li / Joseph Malone (UMB) def. Landon Weaver / Charlie Bitar (USM), 8-5
 
Singles Results:
1. Dominik Dwyer (UMB), def. Jaden Parker (USM), 6-2, 6-1
2. Victor Xu (UMB) def. Azam Jiwa (USM), 6-2, 6-3
3. Zach Desmarais (USM) def. Maxwell Dill (UMB), 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
4. Landon Weaver (USM) def. James Tiger Li (UMB), 6-2, 6-2
5. Joseph Malone (UMB) def. Charlie Bitar (USM), 3-6, 7-6 (12-10), 6-1
6. Kayde Kinaschuk (USM) def. Shrenith Saravana Rakshana (UMB), 7-6 (7-2), 1-6, 7-6 (7-3)
 
Up Next:
The Huskies conclude the regular season on Friday with a road match at Rhode Island College at 3:00 pm.