Box Score

POMFRET, CONN. – The Nichols College men's tennis team defeated Salve Regina University 9-0 in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action Saturday afternoon at the Pomfret Tennis Courts.
 
The Bison swept through doubles  before coming around and doing the same in singles.
 
Sophomores Kirill Ivanov (Moscow, Russia) and Igor Markowsk (Paris, France) took care of business in the top flight of doubles, winning 8-2 over junior Will Masse (Wyoming, R.I.) and freshman Aaron White (Falmouth, Mass.).
 
The Bison then won No. 2 doubles 8-3 and No. 3 doubles 8-2 with freshman Guilerhme Barbosa (Bradenton, Fla.) and sophomore Andrew Gore (Easton, Conn.) defeating junior Kevin Brocks (Albany, N.Y.) and sophomore Zach Monohan (Stoughton, Mass.) before freshmen Max Karger (Medfield, Mass.) and Jon Konecny (Southport, Conn.) knocked off freshman Dante Petrosino (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) and sophomore Kevin Hunt (Higganum, Conn.), respectively.
 
In singles, sophomore Blake Norton (Stratford, Conn.) defeated Masse, 6-0, 6-0 in the top flight before freshman Brandon Howard (Hamden, Conn.) defeated Brocks, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
 
Freshman Jack Donaldson (Easton, Md.) swept White 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles before senior Jake Zapatka (Wethersfield, Conn.) won his No. 4 singles match 6-2, 6-2 over Monahan.
 
Freshman Peter Coletti (Beverly, Mass.) won his No. 5 singles match over Petrosino 6-0, 6-1 and sophomore Chris Chardron (Franconia, N.H.) closed out the day with a 6-3, retired win at no. 6 singles.
 
All-Time Series
The Bison have now beat the Seahawks seven-consecutive times, and now lead the all-time series at, 20-17.
 
Next Games
Salve Regina (4-9, 0-7 CCC – Tuesday, April 25 vs Roger Williams, 3:30 p.m.
Nichols (15-2, 7-0 CCC) – Sunday, April 23 vs Emerson, 1:00 p.m.