All-Time Series & Streaks
The Bison move to 8-2 all-time against the Golden Bears under current head coach Paul Brower. Nichols has won the last eight meetings.

Quick Synopsis
The Nichols College men's tennis team defeated Western New England 6-3 in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action Wednesday afternoon at the Robinson Tennis Courts. The Bison led 2-1 after doubles before winning four of the six singles matches to take the win.

Three Stars of the Match
1 – Freshman Blake Norton (Stratford, Conn.) (Nichols) – wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 1 singles
2 – Freshman Aidan Stuart (Orange, Conn.) (Nichols) – wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 5 singles
3 – Junior Jake Zapatka (Wethersfield, Conn.) (Nichols) – wins at No. 3 doubles and No. 3 singles

Results
Singles
No. 1 – Norton def. senior Andres Otero (Caracas, Venezuela) 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 – Senior Alexander Sause (Cusago, Italy) def. senior Josh Halpern (Secaucus, N.J.) 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 – Zapatka def. senior Chris Spear (Windsor, Conn.) 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 – Freshman Justin Kohut (South Windsor, Conn.) def. freshman Igor Markowski (Paris, France) 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 – Stuart def. freshman Drew Berg (Wilbraham, Mass.) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 –Sophomore Nick DeAngelis (Northborough, Mass.) def. sophomore Kevin Yawgel (Cromwell, Conn.) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 –Norton and Stuart def. Otero and Kohut, 8-5
No. 2 – Sause and Spear def. Markowski and junior James Smith (Monte Sereno, Calif.) 8-3
No. 3 – Halpern and Zapatka def. Berg and sophomore Nick Raschilla (East Longmeadow, Mass.) 8-5

Next up
Nichols (14-4, 5-1 CCC) – Saturday, April 23 at Gordon, 11:00 a.m.
Western New England (8-4, 3-3 CCC) – Saturday, April 23 at Endicott, 2:00 p.m.