WALTHAM, Mass. - Coast Guard Tennis was on the road taking on Brandeis, grabbing its first ever win over the Judges.

The Bears started off the day with walkover at the 3^rd doubles position. The Judges evened the score with an 8-7 win at first doubles in what was a high quality match. Down a break at 2^nd doubles, Sean Dreher and Ben Bonetto rallied to an 8-7 victory, giving the Bears a 2-1 lead heading into singles action.

The Bears scored their 3^rd point with walkover at the 6^th singles position. The Judges brought the match to 3-2 with a straight set victory at 3^rd singles. Charles Norman grabbed the Bears 4^th point with a 6-2 6-4 victory at 2^nd singles. Again, the Judges rallied to 3-4 with another straight set win at 5^th singles. Brandeis evened the score at 4-4 with a tightly contested three-set victory at 1^st singles, leaving the deciding point up to Bonetto at 4^th singles. After going down 1-4 in the 3^rd set, Bonetto rallied to win the next five games to win the set 6-4 and clinch the match for the Bears 5-4.

The Bears are next in action at MIT on Saturday at 1pm.