ORLANDO, Fla. – The Nichols College men's tennis team won its fifth-straight match, defeating Augustana (S.D.), 7-2, in Florida Thursday. The Bison swept all six singles matches, and clinched on Eliot Wurhmann's (Fontainbleau, France) 6-0-, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles. At No. 2 doubles, Oliver McNutt (East Lyme, Conn.) and Stephen Carella (Rocky Hill, Conn.) were down, 5-2, before rallying back to win, 9-8 (7-4). The Bison play Franklin & Marshall Friday at 3 p.m. before heading back North.

Tennis Match Results
Augustana (S.D.) vs Nichols
Mar 190, 2009 at Orlando, Fla.

Nichols 7, Augustana (S.D.) 2

Singles competition:
1. Stephen Carella (NC) def. Neal Gregerson (AUG) 6-0, 6-2
2. Jack Baker (NC) def. Jonathan Hawkinson (AUG) 6-1, 6-1
3. Tyler McLaughlin (NC) def. Ben Aslesen (AUG) 6-4, 6-4
4. Eliot Wuhrmann (NC) def. Isaac Krueger (AUG) 6-0, 6-1
5. Oliver McNutt (NC) def. Dan Vos (AUG) 6-0, 6-0
6. Dan Saucier (NC) def. Max Eckrich (AUG) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-7)

Doubles competition:
1. Ryan Gardner/Jared Brenkow (AUG) def. Jack Baker/Tyler McLaughlin (NC) 8-1
2. Oliver McNutt/Stephen Carella (NC) def. Aaron Gellhaus/Dillon Karras (AUG) 9-8 (7-4)
3. Ben Aslesen/Jonathan Hawkinson (AUG) def. Dan Saucier/Eliot Wuhrmann (NC) 8-6