Recap
The Nichols College men's tennis program hosted the Nichols College Invitational (NCI) Sunday morning on the Robinson Tennis Courts in Dudley, Mass.
 
The Bison came out strong early and swept all three singles flights against opposing schools Springfield College, Ramapo College, and Colby-Sawyer College.
 
Junior classmates Guilherme Barbosa, Brandon Howard, and Jack Donaldson all went on to win their flights in singles competition. Barbosa took the Flight-A singles, 6-0, 7-5, over senior Alex Wright from Colby-Sawyer. Howard and Donaldson both defeated student-athletes from Ramapo College in the finals for Flights-B and C, respectfully, to give the Bison the sweep of singles competition.
 
In the Flight-A doubles competition, the championship round came down to two Nichols teams. Senior Igor Markowski and junior Peter Coletti were able to defeat senior teammates Blake Norton and Sebastian Penaloza,9-7, to give the Bison their fourth title of the day.

Meanwhile, over in Flight-B doubles, senior Kirill Ivanov and sophomore Nicolas Bezada teamed up to take down student-athletes Will Madden and Matt Williamson from Colby-Sawyer in the Flight-B doubles title match 8-3. This gave the Bison a clean sweep on the day winning every flight final.
 
Three things you need to know…
-The Bison swept in the finals of all five flights, after only picking up three titles a year ago.
-Nichols had three other student-athletes participate – senior Aidan Stuart, sophomore Brendan Stierli, and freshman Enrico Menegon.
-Nichols student-athletes blanked their competition in three matches.
 
Next Match
Saturday-Monday, September 22-24, @ Emerson Tournament