Box Score

MILTON, Mass. – The Nichols College men's tennis team defeated Curry 7-2 in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action Saturday afternoon at the Big Nine Tennis Courts.
 
The Bison jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles before taking five of the six singles matches to move to 4-0 in conference-play.
 
The top doubles pairing of sophomore Aidan Stuart (Orange, Conn.) and freshman Peter Coletti (Beverly, Mass.) took care of business against freshman Aidan Roach (Norwell, Mass.) and sophomore Dawson Stento (Wellesley Hills, Mass.), 8-4.
 
The Colonels evened the score 1-1 with a gritty 9-7 win at No. 2 doubles. Freshman Ryan Sullivan (Winnetka, Ill.) and sophomore Richie Hefler (Canton, Conn.) took down the Bison's freshmen team of Supakrit Boonsoong (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) and Max Karger (Medfield, Mass.).
 
Sophomore Andrew Gore (Easton, Conn.) and freshman Guilherme Barbosa (Bradenton, Fla.) put the Bison back on top for good with an impressive 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles over freshmen Zach Muller (Methuen, Mass.) and Ben Higgins (Yarmouth, Maine).
 
Barbosa earned the win in the top flight of singles over Roach 6-1, 6-3, before Coletti earned a win at No. 2 singles over Sullivan 6-4, 6-4.
 
Stento had the only win for the Colonels at No. 3 singles over Boonsoong 6-1, 6-7 (5-10), 10-4.
 
At No. 4 singles, Stuart defeated Hefler 6-4, 6-0 and then Karger defeated Muller at No. 5 singles 6-1, 6-3. Senior Dan Sullivan (Burlington, Mass.) closed out the day with a 7-5, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles over Higgins.
 
All-Time Series
This marked the 10th-consecutive victory for the Bison over the Colonels and they now lead the all-time series at, 25-10.
 
Next Games
Nichols (11-2, 4-0 CCC) – Saturday, April 8 vs SUNY Oneonta, 6:00 p.m.
Curry (4-7, 0-3 CCC) – Tuesday, April 11 at Salve Regina, 3:30 p.m.