Suffolk Notches Third Win of the Year in 6-3 Fight at Curry
The Suffolk men's tennis team snapped a seven-match losing streak and notched its third victory of the year Thursday afternoon as it battled past Curry, 6-3.
BOSTON - The Suffolk men's tennis team snapped a seven-match losing streak and notched its third victory of the year Thursday afternoon as it battled past Curry, 6-3.
In its first time taking the court together this season, the duo of junior Francesco Saia and freshman Chris Parnagian opened up the match with an 8-4 win to give the Rams an early lead.
The Colonels took the second set in doubles action before freshman Rami Esrawi and senior Vincent Le, also pairing together for the first time this year, bounced back to earn an 8-3 victory in the third set of play to put Suffolk up 2-1 at the close of doubles.
The Rams came out on top in four of six sets through singles action with Saia, Parnagian, junior Kevin Clavijo, sophomore Jose Gonzalez and senior Andi Trebicka all recording wins.
The victories for Saia and Parnagian marked the fourth of the year for each of them in singles play while Clavijo tallied his third of the season. Gonzalez and Trebicka each recorded their first wins of the 2016 campaign.
Suffolk will return to play Saturday afternoon in its last regular season contest as it travels to take on Norwich in GNAC action at 1 p.m.