All-Time Series & Streaks
Today's match marked the 23rd all-time meeting between Nichols College and Gordon College. The Bison now lead the series, 20-3.

Quick Synopsis
Junior James Smith (Monte Sereno, Calif.) picked up wins in both singles and doubles as the Nichols College men's tennis team scored a 6-3 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) win over Gordon College Saturday afternoon at the Bass River Tennis Courts.
 
Junior Jake Zapatka (Wethersfield, Conn.) and freshman Igor Markowski (Paris, France) also won in singles and doubles as the Bison won two of the three doubles matches and four singles matches.

Three Stars of the Match
1 – Smith – wins at No. 2 singles & No. 2 doubles
2 – Zapatka – wins at No. 3 doubles & No. 4 singles
3 – Markowski – wins at No. 5 singles & No. 2 doubles

Results – Singles
No. 1 – Freshman Blake Norton (Stratford, Conn.) def. senior Zach Hall (Sugar Land, Texas), 6-0, 6-3
No. 2 – Smith def. sophomore Mason Cassady (Santa Barbara, Calif.), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8)
No. 3 – Freshman Nate Lookwhy (Westborough, Mass.) def. senior Josh Halpern (Secaucus, N.J.), 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 – Zapatka def. sophomore Mike D'Antuono (Mapleville, R.I.), 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 – Markowski def. sophomore Peter Godwin (Manchester, Conn.), 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 – Senior Joe Daugherty (Norfolk, Va.) def. freshman Aidan Stuart (Orange, Conn.), 6-2, 7-5

Results – Doubles
No. 1 – Hall & Casady def. Norton & Stuart, 8-2
No. 2 – Smith & Markowski def. Lookwhy & Godwin, 8-4
No. 3 – Halpern & Zapatka def. D'Antuono & Daugherty, 8-6

Next up
Nichols (15-4, 6-1 CCC) – Tuesday, April 26 vs Eastern Nazarene (4:00 p.m.) & Mitchell (6:30 p.m.)
Gordon (14-4, 5-2 CCC) – Tuesday, April 26 vs Curry, 3:30 p.m.