Men's Tennis | 10/4/2017 8:00:00 PM

Box Score

DUDLEY, Mass. – The Nichols College men's tennis team suffered an 8-1 setback to Bentley University on Wednesday afternoon in Waltham, Mass.
 
Bentley jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the match following doubles play as seniors Brendan McCarthy (Falmouth, Maine) and George Samander (Willemstad, Curacao) defeated the Nichols pair of freshman August Moeller (Hellerup, Denmark) and sophomore Guilherme Barbosa (Bradenton, Fla.), 8-2. Bentley freshman Connor Aulson (Groveland, Mass.) and junior Dylan Granat (Woodbury, N.Y.) added an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles over sophomore Peter Coletti (Beverly, Mass.) and junior Igor Markowski (Paris, France), while Bentley's sophomore Kendall Au (Essex Fells, N.H.) and junior Nicholas Hatcher (Danbury, Conn.) posted an 8-4 win over junior Blake Norton (Stratford, Conn.) and freshman Brandon Stewart at No. 3 doubles.
 
Nichols got on the board at the No. 1 singles position as Barbosa outlasted McCarthy, 6-4, 0-6, 13-11. Moeller suffered a close defeat at No. 6 singles as he fell to Kendall Au, 6-2, 7-6, while sophomore Jack Donaldson (Easton, Md.) fell to George Samander, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
 
Dylan Granat added a 6-0, 6-0 win over junior Kirill Ivanov (Moscow, Russia) at No. 3 singles, and Peter Coletti fell to Bentley's freshman Daniel Weitz at No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-3. Connor Aulson registered a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles over Brandon Stewart as well.
 
All-Time Series
This was the sixth meeting between the two programs, and the series is tied at 3-3, but Bentley has won three-straight in the matchup.
 
Next Match
Nichols (0-1) – Saturday, Oct. 7 at Connecticut Col., 10:00 a.m.
Bentley (3-0) – Monday, Oct. 9 vs. Endicott, 2:00 p.m.