Box Score - Colby-Sawyer
Box Score - Wheelock

POMFRET CENTER, Conn. - The Nichols College men's tennis team picked up a pair of victories on Sunday afternoon, defeating Colby-Sawyer College, 6-3, before downing Wheelock College, 9-0, in two non-league matches at the Pomfret Academy.

The Bison improve to 11-2 overall with the win and return to Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play on Tuesday afternoon with a 4:00 p.m. match against Western New England University at the Robinson Tennis Courts.

In the first match of the day against the Chargers, Nichols was able to grab a 2-1 lead following doubles play as sophomores Guilherme Barbosa and Peter Coletti defeated sophomore Matt Burke and sophomore Cam Lynch at No. 2 doubles, 8-1. Sophomore Brandon Howard and junior Igor Markowski followed with an 8-6 win at No. 3 doubles over junior Alex Wright and senior Andrew Peloquin.
 
Colby-Sawyer grabbed its first point of the day at the top doubles position as senior Gustav Jigrup and freshman Nick Mathieu defeated junior Blake Norton and freshman August Moeller, 8-5.
 
In singles play, sophomore Jack Donaldson grabbed the third point of the day for the Bison by rallying for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 6 singles over senior Ross Kenney. The Chargers got a point back at No. 4 singles as Burke defeated freshman Brandon Stewart, 6-3, 6-1. Norton got the Bison back on track with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 3 singles over Wright, while Howard grabbed the deciding point for Nichols with a 7-6 (8-6), 6-0 win at No. 1 singles over Jigrup.
 
Moeller grabbed the last point of the day for Nichols with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Peloquin, while the Chargers won the final match at No. 2 singles as Mathieu battled past Barbosa, 2-6, 7-6 (15-13), 7-6 (14-12).

In their second match of the day, the Bison made quick work of the Wildcats, only dropping 11 points across all nine matchups. Freshman Baylen Harper and freshman Sean Nutter registered an 8-0 sweep of Abbey Smith and junior Brody Niemann, while freshman Brandon Stewart and junior Aidan Stuart posted a matching score in their win at No. 2 doubles over AeJay Fletcher and senior Jack Krieger. Peter Coletti and Igor Markowski rounded out doubles play with an 8-2 victory over junior Arvin Hedayaty and Lachen Bouladi.
 
In singles play, the Bison earned 6-0, 6-0 wins at No. 3, No. 5, and No. 6 singles by sophomore Max Karger, Harper, and junior Chris Chardon. Freshman Nicolas Bezada posted a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles, while junior Kirill Ivanov posted a 6-3, 6-0 win over Hedayaty. Freshman Bruno Cavalcanti also added a 6-1, 6-3 win over Bouladi at No. 1 singles.
 
All-Time Series
Sunday marked the 27th meeting between Nichols and Colby-Sawyer, and the Bison improved to 15-12 all-time against the Chargers. Sunday was the first meeting between Nichols and Wheelock.