Box Score
 
BEVERLY, Mass. – The Nichols College men's tennis team opened up their Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) schedule with a 5-0 victory over Endicott College on Sunday afternoon at the Bass River Tennis Club in Beverly, Mass.
 
The Bison have now won five-straight to improve to 6-2 overall and 1-0 in the CCC, while Endicott drops to 4-5 overall and 0-1 in league games. Nichols returns to action on Tuesday afternoon when they travel to Salve Regina University for a 3:30 p.m. league matchup.
 
The Bison took a 3-0 lead following doubles play as sophomore Brandon Howard and junior Igor Markowski opened the match with an 8-2 win over juniors Christos Papadopoulos and Anthony Rinaldi at No. 3 doubles. Sophomores Guilherme Barbosa and Peter Coletti followed with an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles over sophomore Justin Toler and sophomore Thomas Brent.
 
Junior Blake Norton and freshman August Moeller made it a clean sweep of doubles play as they battled to a 9-7 win at the top doubles position over senior Chris Kirkpatrick and junior Keaton McLeary.
 
Freshman Brandon Stewart made it a 4-0 lead for the Bison as he picked up a 6-2, 6-0 win over Toler at No. 4 singles. Norton then sealed the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 3 singles over freshman Daniel Rinkert.
 
Nichols also held leads in the other four singles matches before the match was played to decision.
 
All-Time Series
Sunday was the 23rd meeting between the two teams, and Nichols leads the all-time series, 19-4.