NEW LONDON, Conn. – Myles Decoste win at #1 singles clinched the match as Coast Guard stunned MIT snapping the Engineers 29 match conference winning streak with a 5-4 win in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match moved indoors due to rain.

MIT had just lost one NEWMAC match in program history compiling a record of 148-1 since NEWMAC tennis began in 1999.

Coast Guard had a 2-1 lead after doubles play as Decoste and Sean Dreher won 8-3 at #1 singles and Lucas Arora and Charles Norman posted an 8-7 key win at #2 doubles.

In singles action, Banks Evans won 6-1, 6-0 at #2 singles and Norman won 6-2, 6-1 at #2 singles as the Bears increased the lead to 4-1.

After a loss at #4 singles, Decoste finished off a 6-4, 6-4 win at #1 singles to clinch the match with a the 5-2 lead.

Coast Guard improves to 7-2 overall and 2-0 in the NEWMAC while MIT drops to 5-4 overall and 1-1 in conference play.

COAST GUARD 5, MIT 4

DOUBLES
1              Myles Decoste/Sean Dreher (CG) def. Daniel Papacica/Carl-Herman Grant, 8-3
2              Lucas Arora/Charles Norman (CG) def. Daniel Antov/Derek Shen, 8-7
3              Wayne Nelms/Sundeep Chakladar (M) def. Paul Choi/Banks Evans, 8-7

SINGLES
1              Decoste (CG) def. Shen, 6-4, 6-4
2              Evans (CG) def. Antov, 6-1, 6-0
3              Norman (CG) def. Kailas Kahler, 6-2, 6-1
4              Papacica (M) def. Dreher, 6-4, 6-2
5              Ryan Xiao (M) def. Arora, 6-3, 6-3
6              Daniel Sharygin (M) def. Choi, 2-6, 7-6, 11-9