Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – In Men’s Tennis action Saturday afternoon, the Vermont men’s tennis team fell to the Skidmore Thoroughbreds, 5-2. Highlighting for the Catamounts in singles play was Eric Conway (Lynnfield, Mass.), who won Vermont’s lone singles match, and the duos of Matt Spring(Canton, Conn.)/Conway and Tom Whittaker(London, England)/Eric Bernstein(Newtown, P.a.) who helped Vermont take two of three doubles matches. The loss drops Vermont to 0-1 overall and they will return to action next Saturday, where they’ll be competing at the Northeastern Invitational tournament starting at 9 a.m.Singles:1. Nate Temin (Skid.) def. Tom Whittaker (UVM); 6-2, 6-2.2. Greg Sher (Skid.) def. Matt Spring (UVM); 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.3. Jesse Berkowitz (Skid.) def. Griffin Maloney (UVM); 6-4, 6-4.4. Eric Conway (UVM) def. Mike Kreitzar (Skid.); 7-5, 6-1.5. Josh Barile (Skid.) def. Brendan Matthews (UVM); 6-7, 6-3, 6-2.6. Alex Irelin (Skid.) def. Ethan Bernstein (UVM); 6-3, 6-2.Doubles:1. Conway/Spring (UVM) def. Temlin/Sher (Skid.);2. Whittaker/Bernstein (UVM) def. Watson/Barile (Skid.); 8-6.3. Berkowitz/Kreitzer (Skid.) def. Matthews/Maloney (UVM); 8-4.