Box Score

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Nichols College men's tennis team defeated Western New England University 9-0 in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action Sunday afternoon at the Volvo Outdoor Courts.
 
The Bison breezed through doubles before handling each singles match in straight sets.
 
With freshman Brandon Howard (Hamden, Conn.) out sick – the No. 2 doubles pairing of senior captain James Smith (Monte Sereno, Calif.) and freshman Guilherme Barbosa (Bradenton, Fla.) move to the top flight. They defeated freshman David Kalmer (Slingerlands, N.Y.) and sophomore Justin Kohut (South Windsor, Conn.), 8-2.
 
Sophomore Blake Norton (Stratford, Conn.) teamed up with classmate Aidan Stuart (Orange, Conn.) to win 8-5 at No. 2 doubles over freshmen Daniel O'Neill (Branford, Conn.) and Luke Surawski (Wethersfield, Conn.).
 
Sophomores Kirill Ivanov (Moscow, Russia) and Igor Markowski (Paris, France) completed the sweep of doubles by winning 8-2 over senior Vu Nguyen (Springfield, Mass.) and sophomore Michael Tran (West Haven, Conn.) at No. 3 doubles.
 
Norton took care of business in the top flight of singles – winning 6-2, 6-4 over Kalmer. Howard's absence effected the singles lineup as well as everyone shifted up and freshman Peter Coletti (Beverly, Mass.) shifted into the No. 6 slot.
 
Barbosa defeated Kohut 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Smith got the best of Surawski at No. 3 singles 6-1, 6-2. Senior Jake Zapatka (Wethersfield, Conn.) swept Tran in the No. 4 slot 6-0, 6-0.
 
Freshman Jack Donaldson (Easton, Md.) bested freshman Griffin Arnold (Meriden, Conn.) 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 singles before Coletti finished off with a 6-0, 6-1 win over junior Kevin Yawgel (Cromwell, Conn.) at No. 6 singles.
 
Quotes
"Another solid conference-win for the squad. Impressive today to see so many guys step up playing up in the lineup. Blake played a great match against a solid number one and I truly think Jack and Pete did a great job at the bottom of the lineup. All and all a solid win and now we get ready for a big week with Wentworth and Eastern Nazarene ahead." – Nichols head coach Paul Brower
 
All-Time Series
This is the ninth-consecutive win for the Bison over the Golden Bears and they now lead the all-time series at, 15-7.
 
Next Games
Nichols (8-2, 2-0 CCC) – Wednesday, April 5 vs Wentworth, 4:00 p.m.
Western New England (3-6, 0-3 CCC) – Wednesday, April 5 at Salve Regina, 3:30 p.m.