DUDLEY, Mass. (Mar. 29) – The Nichols College men's tennis team rolled to its seventh-straight win Thursday afternoon, defeating Eastern Nazarene, 7-2, in a Commonwealth Coast Conference match on the chilly Francis W. Robinson Courts. With the victory, the Bison improve to 8-3 overall and extend their conference match win streak – which dates back to April of 2010 -- to 16. Eastern Nazarene dips to 7-5 overall and evens out in conference play at 1-1.

Nichols swept doubles play, with 8-0 victories at the first and third flights. The Lions' Sam McKay-Corkum and Sam Son fought early at the second flight, but Nichols' David Drucker and Arsen Gasparyan won the final six games to take the match 8-2.

Isiah Prosper powered through his fifth flight win over Tim Luz, 6-0, 6-2, before Gasparyan clinched the match at the fourth flight shortly after, defeating Son by the same score.

Drucker made it 6-0 in favor of the Bison with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Brandon Lum at second singles before the Lions got a point back at the third flight courtesy of a 6-4, 6-2 win by McKay-Corkum.

Eric Johnson used a 10-5 super tiebreak win at the sixth flight to edge the Bison's Dan Saucier, who battled through a late second set injury but fell, 3-6, 6-2, 0-1 (5-10). Brandon Roode closed out the match with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over
Austin Steelman at first singles. Steelman edged Roode in the first set on the sixth set point.

The Bison are back in action on Tuesday April 3 in a 3:30 p.m. CCC match at Salve Regina. Eastern Nazarene travels to Endicott Saturday for a 1 p.m. conference match.

Tennis Match Results
Eastern Nazarene College vs Nichols
03/29/12 at Dudley, Mass.
(Francis W. Robinson Courts)

Nichols 7, Eastern Nazarene College 2

Singles competition
1. Brandon Roode (NC) def. Austin Steelman (ENC) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
2. David Drucker (NC) def. Brandon Lum (ENC) 6-0, 6-4
3. Sam McKay-Corkum (ENC) def. Steve Carella (NC) 6-4, 6-2
4. Arsen Gasparyan (NC) def. Sam Son (ENC) 6-0, 6-2
5. Isiah Prosper (NC) def. Tim Luz (ENC) 6-0, 6-2
6. Eric Johnson (ENC) def. Dan Saucier (NC) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5)

Doubles competition
1. Steve Carella/Brandon Roode (NC) def. Austin Steelman/Brandon Lum (ENC) 8-0
2. David Drucker/Arsen Gasparyan (NC) def. Sam McKay-Corkum/Sam Son (ENC) 8-2
3. Justin DeLuca/Isiah Prosper (NC) def. Eric Johnson/Nick Thompson (ENC) 8-0

Match Notes:
Eastern Nazarene College 7-5, 1-1
Nichols 8-3, 1-0
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,4,2,3,6,1)
Official: Michael Kalinowski  T-2:30  A-20