Box Score - Curry
Box Score - Hamilton

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Nichols College men's tennis team earned a pair of wins on Friday afternoon as the Bison defeated Curry College, 7-2, before wrapping up the day with a 5-4 victory over Hamilton College.
 
Nichols improves to 4-2 overall with the wins and wraps up its spring break trip on Sunday afternoon against Lawrence University at 3:00 p.m.
 
The Bison opened up the day against Commonwealth Coast Conference opponent Curry. Nichols was able to take an early 3-0 lead following doubles play as freshman Brandon Stewart and junior Aidan Stuart posted an 8-2 win over sophomore Aidan Roach and junior Dawson Stento at No. 1 doubles, while freshman Sean Nutter and freshman Baylen Harper defeated sophomore Zach Muller and sophomore Samuel Pitts by the matching score at No. 3 doubles. Sophomore Guilherme Barbosa and junior Dylan Lindsey added an 8-5 win over junior Richie Hefler and freshman Nicholas Piotrowski at No. 3 doubles.
 
Freshman August Moeller battled past Roach to earn a 6-4, 2-6, 10-2 victory at No. 1 singles. Junior Kirill Ivanov defeated Stento, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, while Stuart posted a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 3 singles against Hefler. Sophomore Max Karger earned the final point of the day for the Bison with a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles over Piotrowski.
 
Curry earned wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles to give the match its final score.
 
In their second match of the day, sophomore Jack Donaldson clinched the deciding point for the Bison with a 1-6, 6-3, 10-7 victory over Hamilton junior Max Haas at No. 6 singles.
 
Nichols took an early 2-1 lead in the match as Barbosa and sophomore Peter Coletti grabbed the first point of the day for Nichols with an 8-4 victory over freshman Max Zimmerman and freshman Tim Derby at No. 2 doubles. Sophomore Brandon Howard and junior Igor Markowski followed with an 8-6 win at No. 3 doubles over freshman Matt May and freshman Eamon Gibbons.
 
Hamilton grabbed a point with an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles as junior Sam Farber and freshman Rob Dotterer defeated junior Blake Norton and freshman August Moeller.
 
The Continentals pulled ahead 3-2 in the match with wins at No. 5 and No. 2 singles as senior Eyad Nagori defeated freshman Bruno Cavalacanti, 6-3, 6-3 in the number five spot and Dotterer handed Norton a 7-5, 6-3 setback in the second position. The Bison go one back at No. 1 singles as Howard defeated Farber, 6-3, 6-2, to pull even in the match.
 
Barbosa followed with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles over Zimmerman to give Nichols a 4-3 lead, before Donaldson grabbed the deciding point at No. 5 singles.  Stewart was forced to retire in his match at No. 4 singles against Derby, trailing 7-5, 4-4.
 
Coaches Quote
"Today was a phenomenal team win against a very talented Hamilton team. We played great doubles to start it off, and singles was hard fought throughout. Kudos to Howard and Barbosa on solid wins, while Jack Donaldson gutted out a tough win after a poor start. He deserves a lot of credit for keeping his composure and coming from behind in the third set tiebreaker to clinch the team win just seconds after Barbosa clinched his match." – Head Coach Paul Brower
 
All-Time Series
Nichols and Curry have met 36 times since 1968 and the Bison hold a 26-10 advantage in the series. The Bison improved to 2-0 all-time against Hamilton with the win.