St. Petersburg, Fla. – The Bentley University men's tennis team dropped the first match of its spring break trip Sunday, 8-1 to Eckerd College. The Falcons are back in action Monday afternoon against Florida Southern.

Eckerd swept the doubles, and freshman Andrew Waddington (Granby, Conn./Granby Memorial) was Bentley's lone winner in singles, besting Ben Levy 6-3, 6-4 in the sixth-flight.

Bentley's record drops to 4-2 on the season.

Box Score

At St. Petersburg, Fla.

Eckerd 8, Bentley 1

DOUBLES

No. 1 Ben Maxwell/Hisa Sato (EC) def. Lucas Wever/Rodrigo Ribeiro (BU) 8-3

No. 2 Dylan Randazzo/Adam Hopkins (EC) def. Zach Tuckman/Alec Spycher (BU) 8-2

No. 3 Erik Thunberg/Aaron Kleefield (EC) def. Victor Suski/Andrew Waddington (BU) 9-8 (2)

SINGLES

No.1 Maxwell (EC) def. Wever (BU) 7-6 (3), default

No.2 Sato (EC) def. Ribeiro (BU) 6-2, 6-3

No. 3 Thunberg (EC) def. Tuckman (BU) 6-2, 6-0

No. 4 Kleefield (EC) def. Suski (BU) 4-6, 6-2 (10-8)

No. 5 Randazzo (EC) def. Spycher (BU) 7-5, 6-2

No. 6 Waddington (BU) def. Ben Levy (EC) 6-3, 6-4