Men’s Tennis Taken Down by Western New England, 6-1
Suffolk men’s tennis was tripped up by Western New England, 6-1, Saturday afternoon at the Forest Park Tennis Courts.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Suffolk men's tennis was tripped up by Western New England, 6-1, Saturday afternoon at the Forest Park Tennis Courts.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | western New England 6
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-4, 0-2 CNE) | Western New England (2-2, 1-0 CNE)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Western New England took the doubles point as it swept doubles play in reverse order.
The Golden Bears quickly sealed the decision in their favor with wins in the fourth, third, sixth and fifth singles spots in that order.
Abhi Patel eliminated the shutout as he bested Cobly Esposito, 6-3, 6-2, in the second spot to give Suffolk its first point of the afternoon.
Mehdi Mered fell to Nick Bayer, 3-6, 6-1, 10-6, on the top court though for the 6-1 final.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Nick Bayer/Colby Esposito (WNE) defeated Mehdi Mered/Abhi Patel (Suffolk), 6-1
2 – Quinn Northrpo/Nolan Jermain (WNE) defeated Sein Kim/Jason Yany (Suffolk), 6-0
3 – Brandon Greger/Henry Runyan (WNE) defeated Henry Blanchard/Anders Ovren (Suffolk), 6-0
SINGLES
1 – Nick Bayer (WNE) defeated Mehdi Mered (Suffolk), 3-6, 6-1, 10-6
2 – Abhi Patel (Suffolk) defeated Colby Esposito (WNE), 6-3, 6-2
3 – Quinn Northrop (WNE) defeated Sein Kim (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-1
4 – Brandon Greger (WNE) defeated Jason Yany (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-0
5 – Nolan Jermain (WNE) defeated Henry Blanchard (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-2
6 – Henry Runyan (WNE) defeated Anders Ovren (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-2
ORDER OF FINISH: Doubles (3, 2, 1) | Singles (4, 3, 6, 5, 2, 1)
NOTEWORTHY
- Patel earned his first singles college win.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk heads to Rhode Island College Thursday, March 27 for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference tangle.