Roger Williams 5, Nichols 3
Pomfret, Conn. – The Pomfret School
Saturday, April 2, 2016
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All-Time Series & Streaks
The Bison move to 7-10 all-time against Roger Williams under head coach
Paul Brower. Four of the Bison's seven wins in the series have come in the CCC Championship.
Quick Synopsis
The Nichols College men's tennis team fell to Roger Williams 5-3 in a rematch of last year's Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Championship Saturday evening at the Pomfret School. The Bison fell behind 2-1 after doubles – just as they did in last year's championship – but unlike last year, the Bison couldn't get it done in singles, dropping three of five matches while one went unfinished.
Three Stars of the Match
1 – Senior Eric Laboissonniere (Cumberland, R.I.) (RWU) – wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 1 singles
2 – Freshman Nick Spoor (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) (RWU) – wins at No. 3 doubles and No. 5 singles
3 – Senior
Josh Halpern (Secaucus, N.J.) (Nichols) – wins at No. 2 doubles and No. 3 singles
Results
Singles
No. 1 – Laboissonniere def. freshman
Blake Norton (Stratford, Conn.) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
No. 2 – Freshman Fred Clifford (Duxbury, Mass.) def. junior
James Smith (Monte Sereno, Calif.) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
No. 3 – Halpern def. sophomore Grant Rosenberg (Melville, N.Y.) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 – Junior
Jake Zapatka (Wethersfield, Conn.) def. senior Jonah Schwartz (Orange, Conn.)) 7-5, 6-2
No. 5 – Spoor def. freshman
Igor Markowski (Paris, France) 6-1, 7-5
No. 6 – Freshman
Kirill Ivanov (Moscow, Russia) vs senior Andrew Amarone (North Haven, Conn.) 6-4, unfinished
Doubles
No. 1 –Laboissonniere and Schwartz def. Norton and Markowski, 8-5
No. 2 – Smith and Halpern def. Clifford and Rosenberg, 8-5
No. 3 – Spoor and Amarone def. Zapatka and Ivanov, 8-5
Next up
Nichols (9-4, 0-1 CCC) – Wednesday, April 6 at Salve Regina, TBA
Roger Williams (7-2, 2-0 CCC) – Tuesday, April 5 vs Suffolk, 4:00 p.m.