Men’s Tennis Coasts by Curry, 5-2
Suffolk men’s tennis managed to string back-to-back wins together as it defeated Curry, 5-2, Saturday afternoon in Conference of New England (CNE) action at Trent J. Scott Tennis Courts.
MILTON, Mass. – Suffolk men's tennis managed to string back-to-back wins together as it defeated Curry, 5-2, Saturday afternoon in Conference of New England (CNE) action at Trent J. Scott Tennis Courts.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Curry 2
RECORDS: Suffolk (3-6, 3-6 CNE) | Curry (0-15, 0-8 CNE)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Christian Gardner and Abhi Patel partnered to defeat Carson Bakunas and Brady Antaya, 6-2 from the top doubles court. Gabriel Soave and Jason Yany followed suit with a 7-5 win over Eric Flynn and Jake Perrotte in the second doubles spot to secure the doubles point for Suffolk.
- Gardner continued his winning ways in singles action as he topped the Colonels' ace Bakunas, 6-0, 6-2.
- Yany turned on match point with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph against Perrotte on court five.
- Soave locked up the victory from the fourth singles position when he bested Maitreya Abend, 6-3, 6-2.
- After Curry collected wins in on courts three and four in that order, Nicolas Calderon closed out the match with a 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 victory against Jacob Adler in the sixth spot for the 5-2 final.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Abhi Patel/Christian Gardner (Suffolk) defeated Carson Bakunas/Brady Antaya (Curry), 6-2
2 – Gabriel Soave/Jason Yany (Suffolk) defeated Eric Flynn/Jake Perrotte (Curry), 7-5
3 – Jacob Adler/Maitreya Abend (Curry) defeated Ishmam Amin/Franco Amadio (Suffolk), 6-4
SINGLES
1 – Christian Gardner (Suffolk) defeated Carson Bakunas (Curry), 6-0, 6-2
2 – Eric Flynn (Curry) defeated Abhi Patel (Suffolk), 0-6, 7-5, 12-10
3 – Brady Antaya (Curry) defeated Ishmam Amin (Suffolk), 3-6, 6-4, 10-1
4 – Gabriel Soave (Suffolk) defeated Maitreya Abend (Curry), 6-3, 6-2
5 – Jason Yany (Suffolk) defeated Jake Perrotte (Curry), 6-3, 6-1
6 – Nicholas Calderon (Suffolk) defeated Jacob Adler (Curry), 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
ORDER OF FINISH: Doubles (1, 2, 3) | Singles (1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 6)
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk defeated Curry for the sixth straight meeting.
- The Rams are now 9-1 all-time against the Colonels.
- Suffolk is unbeaten, 5-0, versus Curry under Scott Blanchard's guidance.
- Yany stretched his singles wins treak to three matches.
- Calderon secured their first singles victories of the season.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk closes its home schedule Tuesday, April 14 when it entertains Colby Sawyer at 6:00 p.m. at Belmont Hill.